R.E.Johnson 1968 Journal Aug 19. Missoula, Montana. Rain continues. I stuffed my one bird, got a hotel room so I could dry out equipment, & picked up my Master's thesis manuscript; proof read it, etc. Aug 20 Missoula, Montana Rain continues off & on. More forms to fill out for the master's degree. Miscellaneous other chores (laundry, etc). Aug 21 Missoula, Montana Rain continues, low clouds, etc. Wrote letters. Clearing in afternoon. New snow on Lolo Peak. Aug 22. Missoula, Missoula Co., to Copper Creek Campground, Granite Co., Prediction was for improved weather (20% chance of rain) but that 20% came down hard all morning and well into the afternoon! I decided to drive to the anaconda Range and wait out the storm at the road head near the trail to Edith & Big Johnson Lakes. Thus I drove south from Missoula on US 93 through Hamilton to Montana Hwy 38, where - I turned left and drove toward Skalkaho Pass (7250ft.) on the crest of the Sapphire Mtns. Three or four miles before reaching the pass, the road passes Skalkaho Falls, a very pretty cascading waterfall. A mile from the pass I turned off to the left on a small dirt road leading to Dam Creek Lake. I got stuck in