Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
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does down deep. The shells are
beautiful down under the water,
too. l longed to be right down
there with the fish, it looked so
pretty. The fish are gold fish, a
sort of blue perch, immense bass,
yellow tail and thousands of other
kinds. They swim around grace
fully under the water, and the
waves down deep roll just enough
to make the sea weed look like a
gentle breeze is blowing down
there. / wanted so much to take
a picture and send it to you, but
of course that was impossible. l
shall never forget the scene so
long as | live. Another interest
ing thing that we saw was Seal
Rocks. Dozens of big and little
seals lie out on a group of rocks
about six miles from Avalon and
sun all day long. We have sew
eral pictures of this scene which
we took from the ship that we will
send you.
Another trip that is short but
rather novel is a ride on the noun
tain railway. You get in little
car and ittakes youalmost straight
up to the top of mountain. On
the top of this mountain is a gard
en- with all kinds of flowers, seats,
etc., and of course every one gets
out and walks AROUND and sees the
flowers, etc. You get grand
view of Avalon Bay and the Paci-
ic from this height. Then the
railway takes you down the other
side of the mountain. 1t is sc
steep that you cannot see the
track in front of you, and the
mountain side comes right down
to within two feet of the edge OF
the water, and it looks as if you
we're going to be dumped right
into the sea.
| Well, | think | have told you
about the most interesting things
that we saw and did. OF course
we climbed some mountains most
every morning and went in bath
ing most every afternoon. Now
will tell you how we lived while
there. We had tent with three
little rooms, two beds, a dresser
four chairs, dishes and little gas
oline stove. We paid S12 for th'
two weeks There was abou
eight tents in the group and five 0
, them were occupied by people W
! knew from Los Angeles. o
7 course that was quite lucky for u
, as we we're well protected and ha,
! a good time with them. Most Q
them we're people that had board
ed at the Hotel where we are
/. Counting all our expenses whil
there the two weeks we spent jus
/ SIS. 90 each, and that includes ou
. tickets, too. | think that was
: pretty cheap trip considering wha
. we saw and the time we stayed.
i got paid while we were gone, toe
l but of course that was not quite a
. much as we spent, as get S22.5
/. for two weeks, and we spent S3'
t but I thought we got off prett
! cheap. think the trip did us a
/ amount of good too, as we wer
> both in need of a rest very much
|, I sent Bess leather postal fror
the Islands, and want her to /
+ sure and put it in her pillow, as
q is the only one she will probabl
3 ever have except from the States
Q | also have shells | will send to a
. of you. The largest one ] wi
Q send home. 1t is not very large
s not as large as my hand even, b,
s | did not search much for shell
/. and one had to get up early befol
s the tide came in to wash them OF
9 / think have written about 9
D much as the envelope will holt
0 We will send you pictures with
t a few days and you can see no
r we looked and how the country
t by them. Write to US when yo