Rants, Dear 2006 Journal July 8 East Face of Sierra Buttes, Tahoe NF, Sierra Co., CA This morning I drove up to Mt. Rose to look for seep zones. I couldn't see any from the road so I drove north to Truckee and then W on I-80 to Hwy 26, and then north on FS18. I wanted to get to some of the high areas south of Sierra Buttes. The road became quite bad past Bowman Roadhouse and my car was stuck badly when a large rock got wedged behind the tire. I got it out with help from two other guys who drove by, and then turned around and drove back to I-80 without searching anywhere. I went north to Sierra Buttes and linked up the dirt road to the east face, where Dave Wake, Bob Hansen and I found Hydrangeites in 2004. There was much more snow and a lot of seepage this time- the upper part of the Buttes was covered in snow. I searched the northern side of the east face from 1655-1840, flipping many rocks, but found nothing. I returned with a light at 2115 and searched the same area until 2305 without seeing anything. 10 minutes of this time were spent walking on snow at the top of the Buttes; I searched from the end of the path on the N side of the east face all the way to the lowest point on the crest (39.59513N, 120.64157W [WGS84, G maps], 2350m elev). I was surprised not to see any salamanders, given the seemingly good conditions. The day was fairly hot and sunny and the night was warm and cool.