Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-22
A TRIP TO THE SUMMIT.
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killed an elk BY waiting a day or so, as
they are quite plenty UP there, but we
lidnot have the time to stop.
Coming back over the summit
through the Mckenzie pass, our road
ran over nearly fifteen miles OF lava
beds. These lava beds are strange
disolate looking sight Nearly as wild
as the bad lands OF Montana. Piled up
in the valleys and canyons to unknown
depths and covering whole townships
bleak and brown without any vegetation
whatever it has the appearance OF a
great pile of burnt drOss and refuge
cast out from some large furnace.
Thrown together and twisted into ali
kinds Of fantastic shapes, it IS indeed
weired looking spectacle. After get
ting over the beds at the summit, we
came down through the pass for about
twenty-five miles over much sleeper
road than the one we traveledgOing up
the Santiam. Had to keep the breaks
tight on the wagon nearly all the way
down and could see nothing but high
hills and mountains looming up on each
side of the road In the evening OF the
first days ride down, we came to the
famous hot springs on the Mchenzle
river and decided to stop and take a
few baths and get cleane up little
had often heard Of places in the Nat
| ional Park where person can catch q
| Il fish from a cold water stream and
reach it into q boiling spring to cook
without removing it from the line, but
i this is the first place that [ ever saw it
done Thse springs boil out of the base
of mountain within a few feet of the
Mckenzie river at a temperature OF 1873
degree and the evening we came there
an old man stood within a few feet Of
| the springs and caught two fine trout
out Of the river. They have good
hotel and bath house, and it is quite Il
health resort. Hundreds Of people so
there with their families and camp out
in the regular Oregon style, and battle
in the healing water OF the springs
They claim these springs have bet
ter chemical analysis than the cele-
brated hot springs of Arkansas, and
are q certain cure for rheumatism and
people who camp around there seem
! to enjoy themselves very much. They
can stay as long as they like, as the
weather is very fine in summer, and
their expenses are very light. They
have q regular camping ground COW
cred with their tents and it PRESENTS
quite the appearance of d little vii
lage. There are plenty OF deer and
trout brought in every day; Enough in
fact to supply the whole village. How
ever, AS none OF our party were troub-
with any any serious malady that |
| know of except q ferocious appetite, we
only remained two days to get rested
and cleaned up, and proceeded On our
wa back down the Mckenzie valley
| We had to travel seventy-fve miles
| from the springs to Charlottesville, but
/ met with no adventure Of any conse-
quence on the way. NJ ost OF the dis
lance our road lay through heavy for
est of fir timber along the McKenzie and
| Mohawk river some Of which is very
large being eight to ten feet thick We
lived we'll all the way around having
plenty of venisOn, trout and pheasants
| and we could each one do our full share
! towards making the GRUB" vanish
! Whenever there was an opportunity.
| After a trip of over two miles hudred of
! the ughestmOuntain roads that man or
| horse ever travelled over and after see
ing some OF the finest and grandest
mountain scenery there is in the west,
and enjoying plenty of genuine sport
hunting and fishing and climbing
mountain peaks we are back here at
! Charlottesville again right side up with
care and as my friend Higgins says,
Feeling the very best.
Il. 8. WALSH.