P.A. Kelly 1985 Journal cresote-sage brush. Saw lots of fence-toed lizards speeding across the sand to refuge in Piphodomys deserti leucurus. Also found a large desert iguana Pipsozaurus for Jonathan to noose. We all returned to the cars for a wonderful sha together lunch; the water melons were especially welcome. We then headed south again on Kel-Baker Rd to Sheep Coral at the Granite Mtns. Incredible place with huge blocks of granite surrounding sandy washes and more Cresote-Sage Brush higher up on the slope. Lots of woodrats, jack rabbit, and cottontails about. Also saw black ehinned sparrows, gambel's quail (4 chicks) and one very large rattlesnake. Around 5pm Rabiya Tuma volunteered to help me set the Shermans for some more Perognathus. Then a group of 11 of us hiked a mile across the desert for a wonderful dip in a big cattle trough (10ft deep & 8 across). Really made up for the past 2 hot & dusty days. Then spent an hour or so being taught the rudiments of softball by Jonathan Ross, Maria Case, Matthew Colbert & Eric Hughes. The