ivits, Dear 2004 Journal August 10 Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., CA I was going to climb Half Dome today but instead decided to rest (very tired after last night) and recharge my headlamp. I drove up to Glacier Point to look at it since Stebbins found a salamander there in 1951, but it was far too dry now to find one. I decided this would probably be the case with Half Dome too, so I decided to save it for next year. I drove to Sequoia and camped at Mineral King. August 11 Sawtooth Pass, Sequoia National Park, Fresno Co., CA I climbed up to Sawtooth Pass from Mineral King to investigate a report from David Holder of Hydromantes at Clumbine Lake. I stopped above the parking lot to look at some great waterfall habitat and collect Plebisc for Sean D. (36°27'20.4"N, 118°35'07.2"W (NAD27, 7m), 2508m). Didn't see any salamanders but there wasn't much to flip. Hiked on a very steep and hard trail up to the pass and I saw that almost all the seeps around the lake were dry. There was a very tiny wet area on the south side but I decided it was not worth walking to since even it didn't look like it had much water. The rest of the Great Western Divide looked dry too from what I could see, so I gave up and headed back to the car. I found a rubber frog (Charina bottae) at the place where the trail crosses Monarch Creek (GPS location given above) - it was crawling among pebbles next to the stream. The weather today was sunny and in the 80s.