R.E.Johnson 1968 Journal Aug.27 Anaconda Pintlar Wilderness, Montana - (Storm Lake vicinity) down canyon to US 10A & to Spring Hill Campground for the night. It rained hard that night. Aug.28 Anaconda, Deer Lodge Co, Montana (cont.) Hard rain continues most of the day. At noon I drove from the campground to Anaconda & rented a motel room for the remainder of the day & that night. It had been so dark out in the morning that it was nearly impossible to see to skin birds in camp. Now in the motel, the skinning went fast & all birds were completed that night. Also the 3rd day of the Democratic National Convention was on the TV set & this added considerable interest to bird skinning. The convention was better than any shoot-em-up TV show. Aug.29 Anaconda-Pintlar Wilderness, Montana - (Storm Lake vicinity) Clear beautiful day. I drove back up to Storm lake in the morning (this time driving all the way to the lake) and hiked to storm lake Pass. Enroute this time I followed the lower edge of the large talus slope below Little Rainbow Mtn (cross country) until this route took me back to the trail at the start of the first switchbacks. Plants along the lower talus- meadow border included: Elephant Heads, bistort, paint brush, Mertensia, Blue Gentian, Senecio, Daisy, Parnassia, & Speedwell. Animals included: Cony, Columbian Ground Squirrel, Admiral Butterflies (common), & a Hummingbird. Further up the trail in the larch stand Waterpeight, an