Meche, 1959 Journal Aug 5 - Retinegers Pine, Alaska. Another beautiful day, warm, slight breeze+ clear, breeze continues from NE. Plotted locations of several meets (Lt# 12, 16, 3, 2, & Owl# 3.) Could not locate Somerme#1 meet. I found the flag stick with the flag torn off lying next to it, lying some distance from the area I knew the meet was located in. The only explanation I can think of is that it was dragged by a wall, [illegible] holding it by the flag as there were no tooth marks on the stick, who finally tore the flag off & abandoned the whole thing. The river is lower than before - only a few inches in the riffle off camp. The salmon are in a bad way. Trapped by the impassable riffle above camp 200 yds., the area from there down & past camp is choked with them. In evening walked down E side delta to shore + along to the lagoon, followed along the lagoon shore a mile or more. Very still evening, ocean like glass, clouds moving in from north. A group of Grey Whales were feeding off the shore from the river delta & along the coast for 2 miles E.