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Mayhew
1957
Journal
SS.
May 11 4 miles south of Barstow, back to
Lucerne Valley. We then started
up Cushionberry Grade into the San
Bernardino Mountains,
May 12 Hanna Flats, San Bernard, Nat'l. Forest, Calif.
We camped at about 7000 feet in
pine - weevil cedar - fir belt, although
a little snow fell on us coming up the
ggrade, it melted as soon as it hit
the cars. The temperature dropped to
31°F. during the night, but we were
not uncomfortable. The sun shone
through occasional clouds this morning.
The weather was quite warm. One
Uta stansburiana was the only reptile
seen. Birds seen included wood pewee,
hairy woodpecker, brown creeper, junco,
chickadee, red-tailed hawk, robin, stellar
jay. Snow could be seen on trees
above our elevation. As we started
down the rim-of-the-world highway,
we hit dense fog a little below 7000
feet, and remained in such a fog until
we reached approx. 4500 feet. There was
2-3 inches of snow on the ground from
about 6500 feet down to about 5000 feet.
In fact, there was sufficient snow on
the ground for a good, old-fashioned
snowball fight at the parking area
at Snow Valley,