Journal July 2 Onion Valley to 60 Lake Basin, Kings Canyon NP, Fresno C., CA Jean Schoville and I began our trip at Onion Valley and hiked to the 60 Lake Basin via Kearsarge Pass, Ellen Pass and Rae Lakes. I didn't see much good Hydromantes habitat until we arrived in 60 Lake. The weather was sunny and warm in the morning, looked like thunderstorms but never rained in the afternoon, and cloudy and cool in the evening. July 3 Sixty Lake Basin, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno C., CA Today we caught butterflies in the basin during the morning, and then hiked to Gardiner Basin after lunch. We found 4 salamanders along the way to Gardiner Basin, south of Mt. Cotton. I collected one adult (SMR#7) and left one adult and 2 juveniles since I already collected one adult from Mt. Cotton on a previous visit. The habitat looked great all over and we found the salamanders with very little searching. We climbed up into the Gardiner Basin and searched a series of seeps on the south side. The habitat looked decent but we didn't find any salamanders. It started to rain and thunder as we got back to camp and I felt sick, so we didn't get searching at night as we planned. July 4 Sixty Lake Basin to Vidette Meadows, Kings Canyon NP, Fresno C., CA Jean S. and I hiked out of 60 Lake, up Ellen Pass, and down to Vidette Meadows. We collected insects in the afternoon in Vidette. We hiked up to Vidette Lakes at 7:30PM to look for Hydromantes, but we didn't see much good habitat in