Glen, H. 1984 5 August (continued) extensive, heavily vegetated lava field covering hundreds of square miles. It is bordered on the E and W by hghed forested mesas that aren't lava, and on the S by grassy plains. Much of the lava on the flow is covered w/ lichens, and there are many junipers as well as ferns in the deeper cracks. In places there are long, straight sided, deep fissures a meter or more wide and several meters deep. The only lizard we saw was a F Sceloporus undulatus on the flow. She seemed a little darker than I expected, w/ bishen dorsolateral stripes that are near the local lichen colors. Claudia photographed her on lava, on a non-lava rock across the road, and on a dead branch - she was only arguably more cryptically colored on the lava. El Mono National Monument, Cibola Co., New Mexico arrived here ~1830 to camp, a very pretty spot at over 7000 ft. Pinyon, juniper, sage, lots of flowers, on grassy flats and low hills, surrounded by large sandstone, tree covered mesas. Just as we walked up to the park Ranger's campfire talk at 2030hr it started to pour (he seemed surprised when we left for shelter) and rained all night. When I awoke ~0600 it had stopped, but now, ~1 1/2 later, its still moist and chilly and mist shrouds the mesas (early on the 6th).