McGee Creek campground in the morning.
Moraine at McGee Creek.	McGee creek fault.	Morning lecture on geology and vegetation surveys.
Mark and Jenny doing a vegetation survey of McGee creek.	Jason in the sagebrush.	Van sale!
	After our trip to the hot springs the previous night we get up early and spend a few hours surveying the surrounding vegetation and geology. McGee Creek was our northernmost campsite, now we're headed back south towards the Salton Sea, passing Owens Lake and having lunch at Dry Falls.  We spend a few hours exploring the dry falls and then head on south to camp at red Rock Canyon.  Red Rock Canyon turns out to be rather windy again.  By now we are used to sandy food and the tents weigh an additional three pounds from all that duct tape. The ranger station has a little handout on "How to estimate windspeed from flags", which is duely copied into most field books.
Sleeping buddies in the van.
Old shorelines on the north end of Owens (dry) Lake
Sam, Jenny and Jeff at Dry Falls	Jeff taking in the scenery of potholes and basalt.	A Mark-sized laundry chute at Dry Falls
Jenny taking notes and getting that perfect sketch.	Cooking dinner at Red Rock Canyon campground.	Prof. Morrison supervising dinner preparations.
Our campsite at Red Rock Canyon.	Finally, the wind died down - time for a campfire.	Jenny and Sam doing dishes.
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