.R. MOON 1987 Journal 37 27 April Dorner's Camp, Granite Mountains (near Kelso), San Bernardino co., CA. My parents left this morning after a two night visit to the Granite Mountains. Later, Bruce & I took the first warm showers since the beginning of the month. Phillipe & Cindy (Granite Mountains UC reserve managers) let us use their warm water while they were away for the day. I also talked to Dave Van Clove, of the San Diego office of the Department of Parks and Recreation, over the phone about my application for a permit to collect reptile specimens from the Providence Mountains State Recreation Area. After much trouble with Jim Davis at the Hesperia office of the DPR I got the same bureaucratic runaround from Mr. Van Clove. Although I have explained to them the details of my project, they still want more information about my collecting of specimens. They seem set against issuing me a collecting permit, and are overly concerned that my collecting a few specimens each of Diadophis, Tantilla, and Trimorphodon will cause their extinctions. At cont'd.