Field notes, v1304
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Greene, UT. 1980 26 June Carl Mikesell was born 1917 and lives in (cpt.) a log cabin, which he showed off. Sleeps on a cot in his lawn. Has an 11-year old airedale named Sandy, that lost both testicles in a fight w/ 3 coyotes. Carl says Sandy's even braver now, since he has nothing to lose. Carl hunts arrowheads, which is how he runs across the Phrynosoma and an occasional "little firber rattler." I gave him a nice intact arrowhead I found at the uppermost site we visited, and he said it "paid for the trip." 27 June Left Moab late morning, and saw a very DOR Masticophis taeniatus 1/2 mi N. of the entrance to Arches National Park on Hwy 163. Arrived Provo ~4PM, got "Motel 6" room, and headed for a Phrynosoma locality suggested by Wilmer Tanner. It is the first "lodge" S. st W. of Saratoga, on the W. side of Utah Lake and E. of Lake Mtns. Drove up a dirt rd that turns W from Hwy 68 3.5 mi S. of its jet w/ Hwy 73. Most of this area is a slope of the Lake Mtns, w/ thick sagebrush and many fall ant nests.