Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-06-22

across q good many Isughable things. AT
! Upper Basin is a sign. which originally
read: ut is forbidden to remove or iniure
the sediments or incruststions around the
geysers, hot springs or steam vents. "
| Some wag completely erased portion of
the sign, and it now reads: st is forbid
den 10 remove the geysers," etc. What a
spirit OF mischievonsness perSaoes the
| human race. While we were at the basin
| some campers were arrested for throwing
| TIN cans, bottles and other debris into the
crater of Old Faithful just to see it throw
! them out. One of the Government off,
| Gals witnessing the performance, thereupon
| punished the miscreants.
In some of the inns travellers are re-
quested to exercise patience at the table.
as all meals are cooked after being Or
dered. Similar queer things meet YOU al
every turn and help to amuse folks out to
see sights and insights.
we saw numbers of wild animals during
our stage rides. Once two brown bears
skipped across the road in double ouick
time. Several deer vanished when we
came in sight, and the noise of our wagon
scared out OF their resting places several
woodchucks, porcupines, chipmunks and
goodness knows how many more wild
creatures. There were several eagle nests.
and we saw the owners of these rocky hab-
ltatlons. 1t was surprise to US all that so
lew birds were seen. An oriole or two
few blackbirds and two or three bluejays
about completes the list. A partridge ran
across the road just in front of our stage one
morning, but this was the sole and only
one OF the Kind that dawned upon our
view.
Being early in the season we have taken
the trip under some disadvantages. The
hotels are not yet ready for guests. The
culinary departments of the various places
are not IN competent hands. The tea was
always strong as I've, the coffee not drink.
able, and to add to the discontinue of the
trip the water in most places was not good
and the thunder invariably frightened the
sweetness out OF the lacteal fluid, giving MS
the opportunity 10 theorize upon the fact
that misfortunes never come singly. II
Will be well on to the Ist of July before the
park VIII De IN good condition so far as &C
commentators are concerned
Forest fires have devastated MANY of the
bills, and the country between the different
points OF interest is a monotonous stretch
OF pine woods, marshes and meadow land.
There are loads and loads of fallen timber.
blown down by the wind. All this gets
very uresome after fifty or sixty miles
staging. We were weary and worn after
the journey through Yellowstone: but after
all we feel repaid for having seen so MANY
phenomenal things. Travellers must under
go just so many trials and tribulations, else
lie becomes dreary and hum-d drum.
AS for climate, We have had plenty of
it-hot, cold, rainy, snowy and windy-ya-
riety enough and to spare. Sore throat
and mountain fever are two uncomfort
able adjuncts just at present. The Yellow
stone Lake is not accessible as yet owing
to many washouts in the roads. Some of
the mud-h holes we waded through were. to
all appearances, very much ayerse to dry
ing up at all. We have shivered and
shook and melted at intervals; we have
very nearly swallowed the prescribed
pound OF dirt-yet we live to tell the tale |
Such Is llfe-full of experiences and iuci-
dents, but enjoyable withal
began this at Livingston, but we have
progressed as far as Helena-a town of |
some 5000 inhabitants, electric light vsri.
Gus improvements, but minus tree of any |
kind. To Californian such land seems |
desolate. Yet Helena is up and doing and |
lively as can be. Nothing dead about il.
From st. Paul the Northern Pacific road
goes through some good country, but not |
very much. North Dakota is remarkable |
Tor its prairie lands and sage brush coun. |
try. After crossing the Missouri river at |
Bismarck the.road goes through the Bad |
Lands-a peculiar kind of rocky ground of |
various colors, rather interesting, but mo- |
notonous after few hours. Some parts of |
Montana are very pretty; the way along |
the Yellowstone river is picturesauely |
beautiful. The clear stream winds in and |
out among the snow-clud hills, and is a !
soothing, restful sight after so much barren |
country. The wild flowers now are lovely |
and very plentiful 1t seems almost in |
credible that some of the drives in Yellow |
stone are through tunnels in the snow
but, yea, verify, it is the truth-and the |
month is June. LEILA ]. LINpLEY.