Nate Cohen was not able to make the trip this year at the last minute. We left Berkeley this morning finally at about 8:30 A.M. Farmers in the San Joaquin Valley are out in numbers plowing and tilling their fields. S.B. Ruth Journal 1969 May 2 Desert Trip Berkeley - Yuma Joe Gorman Annislla locality S. of Kern Kern Co., Calif. Mileage 506.4. Clear and sunny - soil near stream is wet. There is snow on the Tehachapis; the grass is green. We walked up the canyon E. of the Hwy turning logs and rocks but had no luck. R.C.S. did find a glow worm a yago, and black insect grub-like in appearance with brazy plates on the dorsum. It is said to eat millipeds. The mileage to the first street light in Tehachi,