July 14 - I mi S Virginia Dale Mine 1900' San Bernardino Co. California found in several places in the Monument but as yet I haven't seen any. After eating breakfast, Dr. M and I remained in camp to skin the rodents. Dr. S went out to look for reptiles. We finished at about 10 a.m., just as he returned. He caught 2 Sauromalus (1878) and 1 collared lizard. After finishing our skinning we sat down, again, and wrote some field notes. This morning the sky is clear of all clouds, after yesterday's scattered rain clouds (no rain however). During the morning here a mild west wind blew most of the time. At 12 noon, after a quick lunch, we headed south toward Pinto Basin. For 20+ miles we went up over a very rugged mountain road, the only one between Dale District and Pinto Basin. The road is narrow and winding, steep, rocky and very hard on the tires. Crossing the floor of the Basin, we found it quite warm. No dunes were seen close by the road. It looked as though the best dunes for collecting are just south of Pinto Peak where we collected the other day. From 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. we drove over to Cottonwood Spring to get some water and to take a bath. Upon