Paul DeBenedictis 1960 Dec 16 Thousand Palms, Calif to Whitewater Canyon, Calif going to White water Canyon to camp for the night we did so. We ate a dinner of cool canned spaghetti and hot tomato-vegetable soup and set up our respective tents. I put out about 12 traps at various spots around the camp, mostly under large clumps of creosote. About 10: John Ralph finally found us, and camped here too. We plan to go to the border Tomorrow Dec 16 Whitewater Canyon, Calif to White water, Calif spent the night in more or less good sleep. Trains & trucks woke me up a couple of time, as did someone's (not Elvey) snoring. I slept with Elvey in his tent; very nice and not any colder than at home. I got up and checked my traps. In my second, plucked because of the cactus near by, I found a pocket mouse and the third from the last a kangaroo rat. I tried to skin the rat but couldn't make it, but I did save the skull & pouch contents. I also only saved the skull of the pocket mouse. I think I will do all right in Mexico! Walnuts work very well for bait. We had to get off so fast I didn't have time to eat any breakfast. All I had was apple cider, an orange, and an apple. I got absolutely no co-operation from anyone except Elvey, I won't be able to get many skins