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A on out Vacation catlon The Thc Dad having ha written ver 1 ery fine long hand poetry about a vacation In Little tittle seeing nothing but the grandeur of or mountain fastnesses i i iono one ono always SOPS sees that on omm C canyon n on trips trips trips- 1 and ind the thc dignified splendor of or varicolored varicolored vari van colored cliffs and the reckless abandon aban aban- I aban-I don employed b by y Nature In dumping I things uJ upside down n to 10 create scenery it Is up to someone to lo see ee that the time mountains dont don't t get set all the best of I it It lie HP saw only the magic maJle of It fl was thrilled only b by the stillness S or h by the tho I monotonous rush of or the creek and an ho he lolled around in itt a a. hammock lookIng look look- In lug Ing skyward past the tho rugged Jed cliffs cliffs' into blue blu thinking of nil all time the pretty things 8 he 0 was going to tell Ithe i ithe th the folks when he got home But he didn't get close enough to lo nature except n R as ordinary nature- nature fakirs do 10 dolon when lon they live I aloof from rein I Ithe the reality of it all and exist in th the dreamland of the thc mountains which under the hand of or a a. skilled artist is the heaven on earth It is lis suit sail that and cattlemen will who have spent most of ot their thell lives in Ill tho tito mountains on business s go gm anywhere else cite for Cor pleasure Tile Thc They havo lived close chose to the tim soil soli anti and tun CI nature faking I 11 a I isn't a part pall of their occupation 1 But maybe Little Cottonwood with witha a a. hotel and hammocks hammock is different from morn all the lie m st. i-st. It IH Is certainly different nt for four our days in Big I and thai lint l canyon i is typical of mountain fa ses and andall all that sort of or poetry Four lays days s 's spent there at a H proper time limo In th the tho year ear are arC 1 wilh willi ns RA man ninny many manalli varied arlod 11 aa as one three weeks spent in Venice When I J rode redo O over U the ranco ramo into HI lug it H HR V R B taut amI it wasn't a It pink t. t tea toa a affair either The Tue lain iaIn was Vas vet vel and amil It was va a cold and ind It was Vas hard and it was long bug Tin TIll horse honc like It II any more than I an any anymore anymore i imore more than the other oilier hor horses s and amid hue tho I Iother other fellows And the poetic I of the mountains didn't appeal an any anymore more either The thrill was gone buthe but bu the tho chill chili was there The tent cat was wet wel the the- ground was wat damp and the nil air was sticky Outside Out Out- side aide a fire tried to burn hurn w wet wot t wood and andIn andIn andin in the twilight ht time Iho mosquitoes and t the tho h Hies for rm the thc shelter elicitor of or the thc canvas and fretted rell about the nelli- nelli cr lr side of tho roof Inor from flom rum which were vere suspended lcd great real b beads of ut water that oozed through Remember one time lilac and It was wasa a first nl night hl too when th there re reVa was Va no norain rain rain nothing nothing but s sand i nd and wind and sagebrush und and alkali water at that had been heen sterilized b by a big herd hen of or cat cat- tie tic Th The wind blew blow sand Into inlo the grub ruh and the co coyotes otes at safe NaCe distances howled their theil derision at the miserable scene In camp The first night in inBI BI Big Cottonwood Cotton was no none no the less hess miserable mis ml erable r ble oven even real water was close 1050 at hand and too loo clu close c at that 11 When 11 the rain ceased it grew dark clark weren't blankets blan hll and col cold There enough in the whole canyon canon to tU keel koop away the tho a ant coldness Wot Vot clothes were liming luing on tin a a. line in the tho tent to dl IVY dry but in Iii thC tho morning n the sun sumi clipped up imp over u the thC mountain to 0 the tho rat east when tIll hum IlIcK anti Iho mosquitoes took toole on Cli a i new lease leat of or life and antI spread misery r in thick hunk huno about the Iho camp when time the clothes cloth that were stilt still wet fell ell four sizes too tOll small ane and amud as HH MUck sticky an as HO so 1111 much h mucilage tIme Iho nature fakir was time must unpopular main In hi tho Iho world was wor vor- I tying nn an unwilling and trin trying to lo coax It hub inlo cooking bacon Stiff with tile the rain of th the day fore before and anti anda antia a 0 night spent on ott the thie dump damp ground I blinked at ut the Hies and mO mosquitoes that hunt were fretting the lie tent lent roof and tried to turn over and steal a few minutes initiates s of or delightful snoozing The Thc simple life liCe was forgotten In a like knife e pain that went through h my mity back bael up Ul hub into l my shoulders and amid then lien around and anti around half haI a dozen times until cold of oC sweat savant stood cuton outon out cut on my forehead It I is an aim acknowledged edged fact that when anyone I Is In In severe vere pain pall the Iho cold bends of or sweat invent must stand on the time forehead No o other othir place will wi do titi Some o of the boys hoys rolled roiled me mc over ovet and arid rubbed mo me with wih snake nalo oil 01 or or 01 bacon hacon grease and I J was able to get ct up uti Every cry I 1 Ift lifted my arm lo tu fan fana a fly Ily from Crom th the Iho ground poaching round on un fy top of or my head I r I suffered buffered If l I reached fa for I another piece of baton blon ba bl- ton on on at breakfast there thero were tor torments torment mens hen V hen someone told mo not 10 that th time tho m this were wro wre called colled caled deer leer Hies Ies 1 I 1 thought It It was watt some 01 mountain sophistry Didn't know but hut what ho lie spelled shelled It dear clear There was Ol ono omme consolation about the Iho flies ho however and anti that was 31 that n wl n It rained tho th 1 Mils Mil's wouldn't bother Also AIo tho they wont to bed bod early and amid left lefta lef a clear 1 Hold held l to tl the tho mosquitoes from to ll i 15 1 I p. p m m. when 1 nights night's approaching ap rip- OJ- OJ blew blow curfew for ur or both hOlh TItus of ri rising II stiff anti and sore fore In jn tho Iho morning n lighting inserts through breakfast dinner and anti supper slipper going oln to bed Lied nun ami getting cold again HI at lt JI night ht continued until tho ho dawn of ur tho time fourth tiny The he sun hall hail hC been 1 gracious grit gra j cious and no ito rain fallen alien sImico I the tho shower that hint ushered us Into camp amp the tue first tnt day R 1 I started out to rustle woo wood as tho time supply was S' S getting lou Ion louI IonI I I dragged d In several erl Ec branches of dead deasi timber an and went vent back for or more morp wh t tI I stumbled aCIo across a quaking asp 10 log It I looked formidable enough for COl firS Il wood so I started to drag dr It I In t I didn't stop lo to investigate In th the XIt t location of or the he hornets hornet's nest but bul when one of or f its Is inhabitants greeted 1 mo nie with wih a a. i hot hut kiss ju just t beneath the tho tw eye I Imade Imade made a n bee line bee lne for or the creek fan fanning fal- fal au- au ning the tile cuss as jt I 1 stumbled tumbled through h hI the tho heavy The Tho hornet wont I the tho thea a way of or nil all ni rc real al heroes leall a a sting that thal made mad the tho bite bie of ot deer I flics 10 fool I like hike gentle caresses As 5 I hl lay on omi lug Iho brink of ot the eci J I all al o of the monotone It I sounded like Ito majestic music to the I Dad over in the next nest cn canyon on Out I of one eye eo the crags s and cliffs loomed I up for m me but there thera was as no tic poetic I grandeur eur about them Far down th c canyon non there thera m must mt t ha e have havo been a I haze through h which the dark darl ridges and ond deepening can canyons ons form a a wonderful won won-I won von I bac background hut but i didn't I elate clato eato It One after another I put putI 1 cakes of or black bluck mud where that t honi I hud had hur a few fow brief seconds second Tho Thi- The ey eye wa was wait R ol swollen n shut shut It I thumped I In n a diapason tn of pain and 1 tho I inor tuttle tone of or the crook creek bore boro its Is musical mono mono-I mos mos- 15 somewhere cl elseI I Fa sage rago 1 re- re else I L will vili 1 lift hilt mine eyes unto the hills hill hi whence m my strength quotes th time Dad But Bui for d c'S ys I lifted m my good eye oyo yr and amid a ull 1 lamp unto hl hula hills whence nothing but bul rat ruin in and amid ulcer door IJ flics shooters For iCor that list in lit analyst Is the 11 infusion lon fulfilled In the he mountain |