Parto, Dean 2004 Journal August 7 Mono Pass trail, Clwyd-Fresno Cos., CA I got a late start today since I had to drive into Bishop to get a wilderness permit. I parked at Mosquito Flat on the Rock Creek Road and hiked toward Mono Pass. I stopped at Ruby Lake to check out some good-looking Hydromantes habitat (37°24'42.8"N, 118°46'18.2"W (NAO27.8m), 3277m). I looked under rocks alongside a small stream on the NW side of the lake, checked in some cave-like openings under boulders on the Nth sides, and flipped rocks in fairly wet granite seeps on the west side. All of the habitat looked rather good, aside from being somewhat heavily vegetated with wildflowers, grass, shrubs and small whitebark pines. I looked from 2-3:30 PM but didn't find any salamanders. Most of the water looked permanent, and there were still snow patches up higher. It would be worth looking again at night. I continued up the trail to Mono Pass and camped on the [illegible] west side. August 8 Third Process and Grinnell Lake, John Muir Wilderness Fresno Co., CA I hiked down from my camp to the Third Process and then up the trail toward the lake to look at a Hydromantes locality given to me by Bob Hanson. It was reported as "Third Process Creek, ½ mi N of Third Process Lake." I looked along the creek for about a mile below the creek but only saw one potential area of habitat where the creek widened and had some small waterfalls and rocks lying on rock in wet areas (37°25'53.3"N, 118°48'01.0"W (NAO27.6m), 2960m),