R. Zweifel April 26, 1952 Journal 36 Keith and Cynthia Murray and I left Berkeley at 7:45 this morning and my lunch time was in the Sierran foothills on State Highway 80. Throughout much of the foothill region the prominent trees are oaks - Q. douglasii and Q. wislizeni - in an open to closed woodland. It looks much like typical digger-pine blue oak association but digger pines appear to be absent. We went from the oak through chaparral (where blooming redbud was much in evidence) and met the yellow pines and incense cedars at 4000' without ever seeing digger pines. Our intent was to go to Hume Lake, but the road was snowed in. We were told in General Grant Grove that there had been an eleven inch snowfall last night. Some places in this region the snow pack was 6-8' deep. There was a solid snow cover down to 5500', and scattered patches to 5000' elevation. The weather seemed to be closing in, so we went off down the mountain and have camped along State Highway 65 between Auckland and Elderwood, elevation 900'. Our campsite is in the oak-grassland region of the foothills. Today's catch added up like this: Hwy 180 at 5000': 7 Tinturns; near Pinehurst,