Mayhew 1958 Journal 65. Mar. 30 Mojave Desert, Calif. Devil's Playground. Wildflowers were very abundant in this area, but the road was quite sandy in places, & sand had blown into several of the washes, so it was rather hard to get through some of them. The route from Klaco to Baker was 38 miles long. We take highway 127 out of Baker, heading for Death Valley. We camped for the night at Saratoga Springs, just inside the national monument boundary. The wind was continuous, but reasonably gentle from Kelso dunes to Baker, However, from Baker to the national monument, the wind blew like the deuel. Nevertheless, we were able to camp in the lee of some tamarisks, & the wind at the springs was not nearly so violent. The sky is almost completely overcast. (Speedometer reading :3274.2.) Mar. 31 Mojave and Amargosa Deserts, Calif. & Nev. This morning at 7AM we left Saratoga Springs and headed north along the floor of Death Valley. The sky was partly overcast all day, and a fairly strong SW breeze was blowing most of the time, but the temperature was reasonably warm. We stopped for a while at Badwater and collected some insects and I think mites. The salinity is