August 1929 Valley trail above Berkeley Camp. Reached Carl Inn about 3 p.m. gymnasts and Cliff Jumpers noticed. Mallard Ducks for $y$-tame? Left about 4 p.m. for Yosemite. Beautiful forests the rest of the way - Toulumne Sequoias more numerous than I remembered and some of them very perfect. Did not find the tree that was lenticled through but perhaps the road has been changed since 1901 when we walked over this road to Yosemite. Names have been changed as we found it difficult to locate old land- A pair of Mt. Diablo was seen after the summit. mates. Reached the ruin of the valley about 6:25 p.m. and soon after the control was opened for cars driving down. Views across the valley in sunset light were gorgeous - No water in Bridal Veil or Yosemite Falls and Merced River very low. Reached Camp Curry just before dining room closed at eight. Glad to have a good dinner, having missed our luncheon. It was 96° at Big Oak Flat and grew hotter beyond. The car boiled on the long steep grades so we had to spend much time cooling the engine. Also a pipe leading to the vacuum feed broke - After winding it with a cement tape we managed to reach Carl Inn where it was repaired. Very few birds were seen or heard - too hot and dry. Fire fall of cones was like a glowing waterfall. Aug. 14. The sunrise of the north wall of the valley was very beautiful. Robin, Cluckadeo and Blue fronted Jays were conspicuous and a Black-headed Grosbeak was heard. Birds were more numerous than along the Big Oak Flat Road - Left the valley about 8:20 a.m. and drove home via Merced River, Breitburg Canon (very hot) and Merced. Temperature in the San Joaquin Valley about 104°. No birds except a few Turkey Buzzards, a Horned Lark, a few Calif. Jays. Reached Berkeley at 6 p.m. after 1 hr. stop at Merced and ½ hr. at Manteca. Allen H. at Framer Club