Paul DeBaudichij 1960 Dec 16 White water, to Junction U.S. 99-Calif. 78 Stranded in White wate. Where the hell is Ted? Gene, Elvey, Brian, Hardy, & I went collecting in the hills around the junction of whitewater canyon & U.S. 60-70-99. I took my butterfly net, after we had seen 2 monarchs & a white, and my lizarel kit, but only saw some minewds. Elvey got two Utas with his slingshot and Hardy got a chuck. I took a rock hammer, and only saw 2? Utas and got some olivine. About 11 we but out a bulletin for Ted. There is a Tarnetrum flying around the service station. About 12 three golden eagles flew over the hill on the north side of whitewater canyon. Ted is in San Bernadino. He blew his engine. We are waiting for John to come back from Thousand Palms and get Brian and Rich. Then we will goto Calexico and meet Ted there (we hope!). It looks like I'm not going to get any lunch either. (That was #2 Rapidographs). 1:15 we finally left White water for El Centro where will meet Ted. I got some lunch, about 3:30 we stopped at San Felipe Creek and ate. The desert down to here is all much the same, open scrubby bush, and all quite empty looking. The desert around the Salton Sea, is all quite barren, and often there is much salt on it. You can see the