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Mayhew
1959
July 22
Journal
77.
22 mi. E. of 29 Palms, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
miles, so we decided to leave this
area and go where we had seen
insulated (grounded) electric poles about
5 miles nearer 29 Palms. We tried to
sleep in the front seat of the station
wagon until 0400. By then the storm
had moved out of our area. We
returned to our original campsite to
finish the night. Frank set up a
cot again, but I lay down on the
front seat of the station wagon. Only
a very small amount of rain had
fallen in this area as the storm
passed through. We slept until 0515.
At 0600 the weather conditions were:
air temp. (30") - 29.0°C.
.. .. (1cm) - 29.4°C.
soil surface temp - 30.0°C.
relative humidity - 50%.
wind - 5-7 mph from S.W.
We looked for animals from then
until 0900, when we started toward
UCR. However, we drove slowly along
the road toward 29 Palms and stopped
frequently to look for animals. We
reached Old Dale at 1100 at which
time we stopped looking for animals.
By this time this morning, we had
captured 36 animals of 4 species,
as follows: