MVZ Trip to N.W. Montana 1966 Journal Johnson, R.E. 1966 MVZ, Berkeley, Calif. to Wells, Nevada June 13 Our happy (?), bleary eyed, five man crew of Dr. Peter Ames, Ward Russell, Dave Conard, Dave Moore, and myself left the Museum around 7AM, after having waited since 5:30 AM for the arrival of Dave "Sleepy" Moore, who had conveniently changed addresses so noone could find him. This seemed a fitting start for a trip that was originally scheduled to go to the Bighorn Mtns. of Wyoming, but (due to the extreme kindness of the Wyoming Game and Fish would only Commission which allowed us to take the exorbitant total of 3 bird species plus a few shrews, moles, & rodents, [sarcasm intended]) which ended up headed for an unknown destination somewhere in the northwest corner of Montana. The object of the trip is to catch as many fish as possible (oops), determine the extent of "slopover" of coastal fauna into the NW corner of Montana. This first day was mainly a mad dash (with Russell driving the lead truck, it sometimes resembled a mad "creep") to get back on schedule (ie. reach Wells, Nevada by dusk) & this we did in spite of my own protests to visit every mtn. peak along our route. We camped behind a billboard in a clearing in the sagebrush about 10 miles north of Wells, and fell asleep to the sweet hum of diesel trucks on the highway.