The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-17
TIME
MANY PLACES FOR RECREATION
OPEN TO WALLA WALLA
PEOPLE.
Sad Sea Waves Will Call Some to the
Ocean, While Others Have Long,
ings for Whispering Pines.

Many are the places this year with
in reasonable distances of Walla Wal
la where people who make it point
to take at least a few weeks vacation
each year can spend the heated term
in comparative comfort and reCr2a-
ton. Last season saw great exodus
of Walla Walla people to the sea
coast and, while the sad sea waves
viii tempt many this year again. the
longing for whispering pines, the lusc-
ious huckleberry and the toothsome
trout will cause many others to seek
the mountains or the shaded banks of
streams adjacent to the city
Several families are contemplating
trip to the Toll Gate on Lincoln
mountain, the gateway to the Wallowa
country where enterpriSing prOprie-
tors have arranged many comforts for
campers. A grocery store has lately
been established at the gate and there
is a small sized hotel where persons
who would rather board than camp can
secure accommodations at reasonable
rates Those with horses and a desire
to follow in Isaac WaltOn's footsteps
can make it to the Umatilla river or
down on the south fork of the Walla
Walla, where fishing is excellent. 1t
is an all-day trip and hard one, but
the thoughts of a basket of trout tempt
many. Huckleberries are reported in
abundance on the mountain this year
and this fact alone will take many
others to Russell springs, 16 miles due
south of Walla Walla ana three miles
from Pixies peak, made historic by
the number Of picnic parties to visit
the huge mound each year and the
excellent view obtained of the Walla
Walla valley. From this point the eye
on a clear day may reach to Mount
Hood and discern the crooked Column
bia as it winds its sinuOus way
through the state.
Excellent camping grounds may be
found at Russell springs, where
number of settlers have established
cabins. Further on a few miles are the
Big Meadows one of the beauty spots
of the Blue mountains and famous for
frosty nights in midsummer and mos
QuitOes. The meadows covers sew
eral acres and are fringed with dense
timber. A clear spring breaks forth
at the upper end of the open and sends
it's waters down to campers and stock
in a bubbling brook, clear as crystal
and almost as cold as ice The
meadows years ago was a favOrite
camping spot for Walla Wallans. but
the distance is SO great and the climb
to get there so hard that places nearer
and not so inaccessible have taken the
places in the hearts of people who
love to camp.
Salngs and The Tanks both on
LinktOn mountain and on the road to
the Toll Gate have in the past proved
excellent camping grounds and already
many families from the Weston and
Milton naighbOrhOOds are in camp for
the summer. A star mail route deliv-
ers mail at The Tanks twice week
and campers at SalingS and the Gate
gather mail days at the little pOstoffice
which is a part Of old man French's
log cabin.
For those who prefer to camp along
streams there are several excellent
places where fishing is good and an
hours tramp will take the hunter to
grouse grounds. At Roberts ranch on
the south fork of the Walla Walla an
eating house has been established,
where one may camp and obtain board
for Sc a week Several families are
already camped at the Roberts place
and others will leave for that place
next week.
KlickerS is proving another pOpu-
| lar place this year and a dozen famil-
! les are in camp there.