La Junta tribune., 1909-08-28
Around the Circle
Over and Under

Our vacation is over. We are de.
youtly thankful and hope We will
never have another-like the last one.
What is vacation? Search me.
Some ancient sage has said that II
Is an investment in the bank of
health. Why should man who was
never sick day in his life invest in
q bank Of health--whateyer that is.
Another wise guy says that va.
cation is smile on the face of Fa.
ther Time. The only thing We &C.
Quired on our physiogonomy during
our sojOurn on the classic banks Of
the raging Gunnison were seventeen
separate and distinct humps from
mosquito bites. In our opinion va
cation is trying TO take pleasure in
doing something that you don't want
to do and don't care to do. 1t is
sight draft on your Imagination, with
no funds In the hank, for something
that Is satisfying-a rest wherein a
fellow works harder in spending mon
ey than in earning II. Where you
give up all the comforts of life TO
sleep on the cold. hard ground, eat
fish and spuds three times day,
and to cap the climax get tangled up
In one wreck and two washouts. We
will spend our next vacation right
here In La Junta. where We can put
our No. IL brogans under civilized
feed box and court tired natures
sweet restorer In peace without the
aid or assistance of imported Jersey
tormenters or the murmuring waters
OF purling trout streams.
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For six years We have listened TO
rosy tales Of the delights Of camp
life on the roaring Gunnison, Of te-
ing lulled to sleep by murmuring wat
ers and acquiring an appetite that
would bankrupt the Harvey House.
Nay, nay, Pauline; it's fiction-hc-
ton, pure and undefiled. Camp La
Junta Is located in a seQuestered
vale. about mile and a half west OF
lola. 1t is within a hundred yards OF
a Rio Grande bridge that crosses the
home of the elusive rainbow trout
and about the same distance from
the banks of the raging Gunnison.
The name OF the camp is embhzoned
in great letters on top Of the tent.
SO that those who ride, standing up
mostly. on the Rio Grande, can read.
/. The camp itself ". In triangular
rocky cavern, surrounded by weeping
willows. where numerous tree squir'
rels make their home. and they have
been trained by one lone Fisherman
to do stunts almost equal to those oil
the Leopard Queen and her pets. The
weeping willows are the breeding
place for a band OF imported Jersey
MOSQUITOES, and when they are not
working life is one sweet dream-by
comparison with previous conditions
only. Fishing Is good on the Gunni
son this year. II you are satisfied
with just fishing without catching any
fish. Our local jewelryman. who prob
ably inherited his taste for fish aions
with his name, can fish twenty-fou'
hours = day. catch two little one'
and 4 big one, talk for hours about
the big one that got away from MN
and take unspeakable Joy In each
separate and distinct minute. It's
good thing that some Of us are no'
all alike.
The menu at Camp La Junta Is one
Of liz best advertised attractions. II
nays to advertise all right. but some
times people who advertise fall te
deliver the goods. The fisherman are
20 busy fishing At night. usually. thai
Il II time To get up before they 20
To bed. and the breakfast hour IL any
time before noon. Two meals day
with smoked trout and cracker io'
lunch. usually suffice. There II nc
change In the menu. but the sam'
thing over and over again. Meals sr'
served . 10 carte. with little greer
snakes and tree squirrels for spec
tators. For breakfast we had ram
bow trout. sscollopsd With corn meal
and fried FishcresQue In esoo'
grease: Kechn crcamed potatoes
soussd In . cheap grade Of condensed
milk: ho, biscuits. . Ia Linville' 'na'
would beat . pound Of lead In . race
70 the bottom Of the Atlantic ocean
also cafe nolr-iiarvey House Tor COZ
fee. For dinner. ditto; for supper
some more Of the same.
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