R.J. Raitt 1956 Journal March 28 Mohave River, 1450 ft, 5 mi. E + 1 mi. N Midway, San Bernardino, Calif. Wife, Imogene, and I left Berkeley at 10 AM yesterday, March 27, and arrived at Barstow at about 7:30 PM. We camped just out of Yermo toward the Calicos. The night was cold (no thermometer) and the moon was very bright having been full the previous night. We woke up at about 6 AM, ate breakfast in Yermo, and head toward Baker, hoping to find access by road to the Mohave River where it comes to the surface in a gorge east of Manix. About 4.5 miles beyond Midway (which is about 6 mi. E of Manix) at a service station with a restaurant called Mt. Afton and Barbara's Place respectively we spotted a dirt road heading toward the river in which we could then see signs of vegetation. Turning onto this dirt road we found that it was fairly broad and smooth and did reach the river. About three miles from the highway the road reached the railroad (Union Pacific) and the river and more then turned toward the east and paralleled the river and railroad. From a bluff overlooking the river we could see that it did contain water and that it was surrounded by green vegetation lines and thickets of driver brush so we decided to stop here and set up camp. To avoid the noise of the railroad we drove back up into the dry wash we had descended and made camp about 1/2 mile from the river. After setting up camp