Hawken, James 1976 Journal White Mtn. Research Sta - Crooked Creek Lab, White Mtns, Mono Co, Calif 12,160 ft. # 17 Sept Tom Hellenington and I arrived here at around noon after today. We left Berkeley yesterday at ~4 PM and drove E, crossing the Sierra at Tioga Pass, and camping overnight at the Hardley's Spring Campground a few miles S of Lee Vining. This morning we drove to the White Mtn. Res. Sta @ Hdtgs outside Bishop (~3 1/2 mi W on E Line St) to check in with Don Buser and get directions to the Crooked Creek lab. It's necessary to drive S from Bishop to just above Lone Pine, head E over Westgard Pass, and then N into the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. The weather was clear and crisp with temps in the 60's. There was little evidence of any recent rain except for a few drying pools in the dirt road towards the lab. Snow was visible at the highest elevation in the Sierra to the West. 19 Sept Tom and I are will leave White Mt. this morning after 1 1/2 days of looking for the ephemeral Ensatinia, unsuccessfully. We spent the afternoon of 17 Sept and all of yesterday collecting the Cottonwood Creek drainage, On both days we took the road to Cottonwood