Swivel Sonra Trip Aug. 2, 1953 After much delay, we left Los Angeles yesterday at about 7:00 PM. The party consists of Ken Norris, Bill Reeder, and myself, transported in the horridly overloaded Jeep Pick-Up Truck. The first night's camp was made in the Coachella Valley between Palm Springs and Indio/Palms junction at about 12 midnight. Today's travel has taken us from that point to the vicinity of Tucson. On the way we stopped by the All-American Canal and the Algodones Dunes. Ken wanted to shoot a $5 Uma to check the partial coloration, which he did. We took time out for a swim in the canal; most refreshing. Our camp tonight is in Tucson Mountains Park south of the main highway (US 80) and SW of Tucson. On the walk from our campsite we collected a single Lute alvarius (SV 4.5") and a series of small Lute punctatus and Scaphopods, the latter probably cochii. There is no running water here, mostly just moist sand. Saguaro and Norwood are present, as well as many other trees which I cannot identify. Among the more interesting invertebrate remains was a large solpugid which