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Show A TRIP TO JACKSON HOLE AND YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK The following in an interesting article written by Mrs. Otto Steen-bock, Steen-bock, telling about their trip to Jackson Jack-son Hole and Yellowstone National Park. The longing to visit the scenic spots of Yellowstone and Idaho was realized when we left home on Sunday, Sun-day, Aug 7th and returned August 24. Our first stop was made at Al-pne, Al-pne, Utah county, where we visited with relatives and friends for two days and replenished our larder with day-old eggs, home-made butter and bread. Tuesday morning we continued continu-ed our journey, callng upon the Ar-ringtons Ar-ringtons at Ogden, for a few minutes. Tuesday night we camped in beautiful beauti-ful Logan canyon, where fishing was good. Wednesday night found us with our ten pitched on the banks of the Salt river, by that mighty steel bridge. Thursday, we were traveling travel-ing over the worst piece of road on our trip going or coming. This was 86 miles from Afton, Wyo., through the Star Valley and Pine creek to Victor, Idaho. At Victor we were guests of my sister, and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Will Jenkins. We found the menfolks six miles up the canyon at their saw-mill, so taking the rest of their family, we surprised them about 7 a. m., just before they had eaten their breakfast. After that, some went huckleberrying, but Mr. Steenbock thought he would catch a few fish for dinner. When crossing over a dead pine tree lying down, a branch snapped off just at the proper time and relieved him of the seat of his pants, and as barrels are not on hand in the pines, working his way to camp, was quite embarrasing. After a lovely visit with my sister, whom I had not seen for twelve vears, and eating new peas and new Idaho potatoes, we started Tuesday morning for Jackson Hole. It was while going through this country that I saw my first wild holly-hocks Tuesday night we camped at the south entrance of the park and were just getting supper when a black hear came to have supper with us. Our fried bacon called him. I had always heard about the bears of the Park, but this happened to belong Lo Jackson Hole county. Otto and t-he bear had quite a little scuffle before be-fore a WTyoming State ranger appeared appear-ed and chased him off with a gun. Wednesday noon we visited the paint pots at Wrest Thumb and as we '.va'ked away from our car another hear got in one side, snooped around and went out the other side. Every night whereever we camped the all-ahsorbing all-ahsorbing subject was 'bears.' One of the great pleasures of my trip thru the park were the wild flowers. ! Miles of the road side were covered with hare bell, Indian paint brush, ! Fringed Gentian, Red Monkey flowers flow-ers and astors. Among the wild animals we saw were bison, deer, atelope, bear and I fox. One night we camped at Tower Falls and one night at Old Faithful, I where we took a cabin because of the . heavy rain. It was with a sad heart i when we drove out of the park at the west entrance. I wanted to go hack and see it all over again. Friday Fri-day night found us in beautiful Island Is-land park on the banks of the Buffalo river, where my husband went fishing fish-ing and came home with a beautiful flower in his hat. He did not know what it was, but it was a beautiful S;go Lily, the largest I have ever seen, he said there was a great many on the south bank of the river. Saturday Sat-urday night we made our camp in a beautiful grove at Malad, Idaho, where a small boy sold us the News the first we had seen for many days, and a little girl brought us some honest-to-goodness milk that had never been canned. Sunday and Monday we visited again the friends ;n Utah. Tuesday we spent at Aspen Grove in Provo canyon where we cooked chicken in a dutch oven for a crowd of hungry boys and girls. On our last miles homeward as we were passing the U.-B. dam, we found the reservoir drained of all its wate-and wate-and only a small stream in the bed of the river, there were hundreds of fish jumping out of the mud into more mud and men with their shoes off. gathering them up in sacks.. Someone said your vacation had been a success if you were glad to get home again. We were glad. Mrs. O. A. Steenbock. |