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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