Elkadehem 1955 Journal Oct.7 Left MV2 at 2:45 P.M. accompanied by Bill Hamilton. Stopped Radiation Safety Lab at Cowell to pick up 2 geiger counters and a scintillometer. Finally collected Harold Robinson at his place and headed out Hwy 24 to Walnut Creek at 3:40 P.M. Clear, mild weather. Great Valley appeared quite dry. Supper at La Paloma in Merced 7 P.M. and pushed me Hwy 140 to Fox Valley. Clear cool evening. Spent night at Rangers' Club in Valley. Oct.8 Rolled out 6:45 A.M. and headed after Lodge Breakfast (Country Cleaner "Red" Walling, breakfast cook) to Tioga. Dred poor-well collected on road to Crave Flat about three miles from that Entrance Station. Arrived Tioga Pass 9:10 A.M. B.S.T., clear, cool (48 deg F at Station) with fresh southerly wind. Worked study area almost continuously with scintillometer and two geiger counters for total of about 16 man-hours. One adult & conure picked up by night (two-dissel but no Co60 tag) six juvenile conures and a few thylar young-of-year also taken. Mountain bluebird, junco's, a robin (sighted by G. Robinson) active in area. Red-tail hawk and a snake-skin spotted on way up to Pass (above 8500 ft.) about 9:00 A.M. Left Tioga 6 P.M. for Valley. Night clocks (brief) of Churchline area, Stormy Miller 9:00-9:45 P.M. No Woods (see B. House notes) Oct.9 Left Valley noon after working Museum, Berkeley 6:30 P.M.