Mayhew 1958 April 1 Journal 68. Mojave and Amargosa Deserts, Calif. & Nev. The valley floor, whipping large amounts of sand across the highway north- east of Stovepipe Wells. Just north of this area, however, the rain came down on us so hard the windshield wipers could barely keep the windshield clean. We left the valley on highway 190, past Stovepipe Wells, over Towns Pass into the Panamint Valley. We ate lunch behind the ranger's checking station on this road while the rain came down so heavily we could scarcely see 100 yards in any direction. It was not raining very hard in Panamint Valley, but the snow level on the surrounding mountains was so low that the weather was quite cold. The same general weather conditions prevailed as we went through Trona, Johannesburg, Red Mountain, and Atolia. Quite a bit of rain fell on us as we drove down highway 395 toward San Bernardino, but we ran into fog instead in Cajon Pass. We saw few animals all day, but the wildflower displays were very good in several places. For instance, at the lower end of Daylight Pass, at the western end of Titus Canyon,