E.L. Karstun 1954 Journal (23) May 29 Yosemite Lodge gas station, Yosemite Valley, Calif. $3.27 Filled tank (10.1 gallons regular) at 9:00 A.M. Speedometer 024.1. Herded up Big Oak Flat Road out of Valley. Crane Flat 040.1. Tioga Road, first stage small meadow SE side of road 042.9. A small open grassy pocket 80 x 40 yards with melt off water running thru it. Shallow pools (to 6" deep). Last trace of snow are 6x3' x 8" patch under forest margin. Rana eggs. One young frog taken. Algae growth fair in stiller pools. Plenty of deadfall log cover for toads. Growss to 8", no signs of cornus, check at night! Road to Tiomrock Flat 42.6. Road surface generally good with some frost upheaved. Tiomrock Flat 46.2. Small meadow beyond 47.2. 10:15 A.M. (O.S.) Day clear and warm, temp now in high 60's. No signs of anemone at all though plenty of water & cover. This meadow (50 yards wide) adjacent to Coyote Creek. Cascade Creek Bridge 48.8. End of drought-age Old Oak Flat Road 49.7. Steep drop from Tiomrock Flat. Apparently no available meadows due at lower part of road. I talked with a fisherman who has been in this area regularly since 1918. First seen dry creek but no toads. He killed cattle down by Cascade Creek about 1925. Meadows are along Tiomrock Creek north of the campground. No time now to hike up dry creek (at least not without a fishing pole). Back out N to Tioga Road 056.1. White Wolf meadow, 8400 ft. Speedometer