Garlick

01–05

06. July 21

We left Salt Lake City early the next morning. We went through Ogden then Brigham. We ate lunch on a road then traveled until we came to Burley, Idaho. We camped there that night.

07. July 22

The next morning went on until we came to Twin Falls. We did not see Twin Falls but we stopped to see Shoshone Falls. They weren't very pretty because they didn't have enough water running. The next day we went to Boise, Idaho. We camped somewhere around there.

08. July 23

The next morning we were on the Old Oregon Trail. After we went for a while we saw the Columbia River. It sure is big. As we went on it was prettier and prettier. We went through about five tunnels. We saw many pretty falls.
The highway along the Columbia River is surrounded by a forest. There are curbins on this paved highway so that it looks just like a park in town. That night we stayed in Portland, Oregon. It is a very pretty city, larger than Denver. There are many flowers there.

09. July 24

From Portland we went to Washington. In Vancouver, Washington we saw many steamboats and ships on the Hood Bay. Soon we ate lunch along the Sequim Bay. After that we went on in to Sequim where we stopped for awhile. Then we went to get a cabin. The cabins were on a hill over the Sequim Bay.
In the afternoon we went down on the beach, where we found many shells, big and little. Some we got on the beach and others we waded in for. That night after supper we went berry hunting with a man who stayed in the cabin next to us. We went for blackberries. They sure are good too.

10. July 27

The next morning we went down to the beach as soon as we ate breakfast and dug clams. We sure did get a lot. The water was way down. The way to get them is to watch for water spurting up out of the ground then dig them up. After that we went berry hunting. We know how to open clams and fix them. We had clam soup.

11. July 28

The next morning we got packed to go again. We were going to La Push which is an Indian Reservation. We saw many trees along the way that were burnt. On some of the hills there was nothing but old dead trees that look like real tall telephone poles. Soon we saw a lake. I think it was Lake Sutherland. It was about two miles long. After that we saw Crescent Lake. It is very beautiful. The road is down close to the lake most of the way and you can see how blue and clear the lake is. It is just like someone dumped a bottle of bluing in it. The lake is about ten miles long.
As we got nearer to the ocean the trees were very tall and large. Some of the smaller trees, vines, and bushes were covered with moss in most places the moss was just hanging off the trees. It was sure pretty. The forest in this country is dank and dark, and there are many beautiful streams running through it. Soon we caught our first glimpse of the ocean. I thought it was sure wonderful.
The waves are always big, pounding, rolling, splashing waves and the beach is smooth. On the edge of the beach lay ancient, big trees that have drifted in and laid there for years and years. We couldn't find any shells by the ocean because the Indians probably have picked them all up. The ocean is very seldom ever still. Around the ocean is an old Indian reservation.
We saw a little tiny Indian boy walking up the street. I saw an old Indian squaw sitting on the porch, wrapped in a blanket she was weaving. This is what she looked like:

12. July 29 & 30

The next morning early for Ludlow Bay, because we were going to ferry across the straits to get to Seattle. We got there 30 minutes before the ferry came in, but it wasn't long before it did come. It looked like a ship to us and it seemed like we were riding in a ship too. It is nice inside; it is big too. We soon arrived at Seattle. We got out of the ferry and took a picture of the ferry. We drove on until we found a camp. We ate lunch. In Seattle the roads are straight up and down. We could hardly get up or down with our car. The houses in Seattle are big mansions. The town in much bigger than Denver and there are many big lakes around there. The biggest was a harbor. We saw all kinds of ships in Seattle.

13. July 31

We got up early the next morning and started to Vancouver in British Columbia. Just before we entered Vancouver we had to stop at the Immigration Inspection on the border just before we entered Canada. After the car was inspected and everything else we went on into British Columbia. We reached Vancouver at noon time. There sure are a lot of Japs there. It was raining so that we couldn't see anything. We couldn't take pictures either, so we rented a cabin and the next morning we were back in the U.S. We stopped at Bellingham to see aunt Jane. She sure has a nice house. We went out to see uncle Ed.
He lives out on a farm, it sure is a nice place. After that we visited uncle Joe downtown. He works in a shoe shop and he has GARLICK SHOE SHOP printed out on the side walk in the doorway. It was about two o’clock when we left Bellingham. We arrived in Seattle about six. We had bar-b-q sandwiches and ice cream for supper. The next morning we got up early and went downtown to see uncle Frank and uncle George.
One of them works in a garage and he has a big sign that has his name on it. We stayed in Seattle another day so daddy visited some other friends of his.

14. August 2

We left Seattle that morning and kept going. In the afternoon we were in some real prairie. We saw the Columbia River and more. We camped that night at a place called Soap Lake. They said that it is good for rheumatism and everything else. Everything smells soapy around there.

15. August 3

The next morn we went on and soon we entered southern Idaho. We drove on until we came to Spokane. It is a rather dry place with pine trees. We were there for a while, then we went on until we came to Wallace where we stayed that night. It is a mining and milling place.

16. August 4

The next night we stayed at Avon. We rented a log cabin on a farm.

17. August 5

From Avon we went on until we came to some little town where we ate lunch, then went on until we came to Boseman. We stayed there that night. In the morning about 11 we arrived at Yellowstone National Park. It cost three dollars to get in the park. The first thing we came to was Mammoth Hot Springs Terrace. There wasn't much water running on it. We went on and saw the Devil’s Kitchen. You go down some steep stairs.
When you get down there it is dark. We could hear bats shrieking. We saw some too. It used to be a spring or something of the kind. After we had seen everything there we decided to go on to Old Faithful and spend the night there. On the way we saw an elk standing in a river. It was the Gibbon River. We saw the Roaring Mountain, and heard it too.
It is just a big rocky mountain with steam rushing out at certain places. Next was Twin Lakes. We saw Beryl Springs. It is the hottest spring in the park, and very blue. Then Fountain Paint Pot. It sure does look like white paint being mixed up. In some places it real thick around the edges. You can see it bubbling and sometimes it shoots up in the air. The Morning Glory Pool is very pretty too, it is round on top. Then it grew narrow as it went down in the ground.
It look just like a blue morning glory. Soon after the we came to Old Faithful. We rented a cabin there. Around supper time the bears began to come around to the garbage cans. They climb right up in them. At seven o’clock that night we went to hear a bear lecture given by a man at the bears’ feeding place. There were many bears there. They had put up a sign there that said, “lunch counter for bears only.”
The black bears were there first but when the grizzlies came in the black bears went away. The man who gave the bear lecture said that it took two or three years before the grizzlies would venture to the feeding grounds and they still don’t come in the camp grounds. It is only the black bears you can see in the camp. After a while a mother grizzly bear and her little cub came to the feeding grounds. She sure did watch him too.
She wouldn't even let the birds get near the cub. The mother bear would chase all the other bears away and she made the little bear sit down off somewhere where he couldn't be near the other bears. It was a very interesting lecture. It was surprising to see how many people there were there. There was sure a big crowd. After that we went to hear a talk on all the springs, lakes, and other things of interest. They showed slides too.
It was about 9:30 when we saw Old Faithful again. They had a spotlight turned on it. It takes long for the water to start up but when it does it lasts long, about three or four minutes. I guess as the water went down they had pretty colors of the rainbow turned on it.

18. August 6

The next morning we got a picture of Elizabeth standing by a bear. We also got a picture of Old Faithful. After buying some souvenirs we went on to West Thumb. Daddy got a picture of the lake and a geyser too. There is a geyser about 20 feet out in the lake and is surrounded by cold water. Then we went on again. Soon we saw three bears on the road, two were cubs. We saw another moose and a bear too. The place we ate was in the Jackson Hole country. There were so many mosquitoes there we couldn't eat lunch. Then we went on until we came to Dubois where we stayed that night.

19. August 7

From there we went on to Riverton, Wyoming where we stopped to see some people in the telephone office. We ate lunch there and it was very nice. We left Riverton about three o’clock in the afternoon and camped at Muddy Gap. It is out on the prairie. That’s about all that Wyoming is. It is just a hot, dry prairie. There is a lot of cattle in Wyoming.

20. August 9

We left Muddy Gap and went on until we came to Encampment where we ate lunch. This small town is very old. All there is there is old log cabins. Late that afternoon we entered Colorado. We stayed at Willow Creek Pass. We camped at a place called The Old Homestead. It is a good place to hunt and fish. The people in the cabin next to us sure did get a lot of fish. It would take too long to count them.
The people had caught a baby coyote in a pen. It sure was trying hard to get out. If you got too near the pen he would run in to the little house and stay until you went away. We got a picture of him.

21. August 10

Then we went on and climbed Willow Creek Pass. Daddy shot four woodchucks but only got three because one went back in his hole before we could get him, but he was shot anyway. You can find woodchucks mostly underneath bridges. There were some logs underneath these bridges. We couldn't see one Sage Hen, so we didn't get any. The day before we must have seen a hundred of them but we couldn't shoot any. We got to Granby sometime in the morning.