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also scarce. 
Photos of two Delphiniums a tall one resembling trollaefolium & a short one D. columbianum. also Eriogonum  compositum & E. [[underlined]] umbellatium [[/underlined]] and an Erigeron much like [[underlined]] chrysopsidis [[/underlined]]. all in high country. Immense basaltic ruins feature entire country. Grazing areas so far as we could find on south & east slopes. North & west mainly precipitous & rocky.
Aug 1, 1933
Left camp at 800 AM and stopped at Currant Flat for conference with Ranger Hampton then started for Olympia. A broken bearing in the left hind wheel of truck held us up and we were 330 PM getting into Enumclaw where it could be fixed. Once near Lake Tipsoo where we were allowing it to cool we climbed a sharp rocky peak to the north of the pass and was rewarded by finding a wonderful display of [[underlined]] Penstemon rupicola. P. procerus - Saxifraga bronchialis [[/underlined]] an Arenaria and both yellow & white erythroniums in full bloom. also heather - lupines - paint brush etc. 
At Olympia I repacked my stuff & came on in to Portland arriving at 1100 PM
Aug 2, 1933
All day at desk going thru mail and dictating letters. Conferences with Jewett & Fugate. In evening for a conference with Speer at his home 
Aug 3, 1933
at desk again all day on mail and routine work getting desk pretty well cleared by night ready to go to work on other things
Aug 4 - 1933
General office work & moved bird cabinets down to office. Iris accompanied me & rearranged