Weston 1946 Journal July 5 Quail Spring, Joshua Tree Natl Mon., San Bernardino Co., Calif. Perognathus and 3 Dipodomys merriami. Back at camp we ate breakfast and then I spent the morning skinning the animals I had caught. About 11:30 a.m. we ate lunch and then packed the car to go to another camp. One of the Park Service pickup trucks came in and the guard took some of our stuff part way out the narrow dirt road from the spring. This helped us get through the soft sand and out to the main road without any trouble. Picking up the luggage carried out for us, we headed for Twenty-nine Palms via the tiny town of Joshua Tree. We left Quail Springs at 12:45 p.m. About 2 miles E. of Joshua Tree, at 1:45 p.m., we had a flat tire. Much to our disgust we found our [illegible] also. Here in the hot mid-day sun we had to patch a tire. After fixing it we continued on our way toward 29 Palms. 8 miles west of this town we picked up a D.O.R. Rhinoceros on the highway. We were in Twenty-nine Palms till about 6:45 p.m. There we fixed our flat tire, bought supplies, got water, got our mail, visited the Park Service office and had a milk shake for dinner at the local Drug Store. We then headed for our night's camp, Blackrock Springs. We never