Boulware, JT 1941 May 29 Russian Gulch State Park, 40 ft., Mendocino Co., Calif. This afternoon I went into Mendocino City with Mrs. Grinnell. Inquiries made as to best localities yielded no information. Mendocino City is only about 2 miles from Russian Gulch and fresh fruit and vegetables may be purchased, coming in fresh three days a week. Tonight was Mrs. Grinnell's birthday celebration with ice cream and cake. Evening turned very chilly; ice cream packed in dry ice, and we had to chip it up with [illegible] knives and practically sit on it to let it. Day very sultry and overcast. May 30 Started raining during the night, cleared in early morning; but a peltinq downpour just after breakfast broke off dishwashing and sent up scuttling into the tents. Rained more or less heavily until 4 PM. We remained the morning in the large museum tent whose warp & woof soon gave up the struggle and began leaking around the sides of the top which we brushed in mulling around. Most disconcerting to return to the stool vacated but a moment before and find a neat little puddle of rainwater! We lunched in the tent and continued our writing and reference studies and mapping in the car during the afternoon. When the sun came out in late