Mallard notes, v4295
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Mayhew 1958 Journal 117. Oct. 31 5 mi. W. of Glamis, Imperial Co., Calif. although no clouds were present when we got out of bed. On the return trip we obtained some mileage measurements between areas that we pass quite often. They were: Brawly - Highway junctions 78 & 99 - 25 mi. Highways 78 & 99 - Truckhaven - 14 mi. Truckhaven - Indio - 33 mi. Indio - Riverside - 74 mi. We reached UCR at 1705 after a total trip of 349 miles. Nov. 13 Frank Aubrey & I left UCR at 1905 this evening for Glamis. We reached our campsite at 2230. The altimeter read 390 feet this time. The road temp. was 16.4°C., the soil surface temp. was 14°C., the air temp. was 17.8°C., relative humidity was 55%, there was no wind. During the night the minimum temp. was 8.9°C. (48°F.). Nov. 14 We arose at 0830 and began looking for lizards at 0930. The weather conditions at 0830 were: wind - from S.E. at 3-5 mph, air temp. - 17.8°C. (64°F.) surface temp. - 23.4°C. road temp. - 20.8°C. Rel. humidity - 53% By 0900 the wind had increased to 6-9 mph., where it remained the rest of