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Mayhew
1959
Journal
17.
Feb. 4 Colorado Desert, Riverside & Imperial Cos., Calif.
onto highway 60-70, and drove to Ford
Dry Lake. The turn-off into the dry
lake that we constructed is 21 miles
west of Blythe (27 miles east of Desert
Center). We marked the site with a
large board stuck in a creoste bush
on the north side of the road. On the
south side of the highway, about 150 yards
further east, is a sign reading "Palo
Verde - good cafes, cocktail bar." There is
also a cable crossing sign at that point,
and a small white building about 150 yards
south of the highway. The road to Wiley
Well leaves the highway 3.3 miles east
of the turn-off. One young Uma scoparia
was seen when Frank dug it out of a
dune. It was about 6" beneath the
surface. However, we were unable to catch
it. There were quite a few tracks on
the surface at this location. This is
the easiest place to get to to catch Uma
scoparia that we have seen so far. We
then drove to Blythe, through Ripley and
Palo Verde, on the Palo Verde - Ogilby
Road. This road is quite rough for a
considerable distance (it is 30 miles of
unpaved road to the Glamis turn-off).
We drove through Glamis & pulled
into our usual campsite in the
Algodones Dunes at 1850, after a trip