Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-17
TELLS OF TRIP.
Mrs. Ulen Writes of Trip to Crater
Lake and Coast.

the ocean. Ed Ulen and wife and
their two daughters, Bessie and
Ann, and VIII, our youngest boy,
came from Portland and we got Mr.
Peachey with his wagon and team
and we took our one-horse shay and
started for Crater Lake. We reached
Mr.. Spencer's farm late in the after
noon. We found them all right He
let us put our horses in his barn and
we bought some nice sweet milk
from them, and next morning we left
there and went to Lake of the Woods,
arriving there about dark, but we put
up our tents, cooked our supper and
turned in for the night, for we were
all tired and sleepy. The hunters
did not see a deer to shoot at, but we
found lots of huckleberries, of which
we picked all we wanted. We were
there three or four days and it rained
all the time. On the north side of
the lake there were about lao people
camped, picking berries. From there
we started for Pelican Bay. There
they had tents already up, so we rent
ed two of them and stayed there
few days and tried to catch some
fish, but not a fish did we catch.
There were quite a number of people
there fishing, but the fish were not
biting and so they are still enjoying
the water of the beautiful bay.
There we saw lots of ducks too, and
we saw hundreds of those big white
pelicans flying from one part of the
bay to the other. They did not seem
to be afraid. We got pretty close
to them sometimes, too.
Our next start was for Crater
Lake. We stopped at place they
call the Garden of the Gods. 1t was
j way in a deep canyon and the grass
and everything looked so green and
a beautiful little stream of water
winding it's way through the green
grass and small lake at one side
Oh, / cannot describe its beauties
to YOU You will have to go look
for yourselves. We travelled on anC
finally reached Crater Lake. Tht
roads were just fine. We had no
accident, and one fine morning w
went to the top. Mr.. Ulen and Dais!
rode to the top and part way arount
it, so you may know the roads wer,
in pretty good condition. Ed Ulel
took his two daughters in boa
and went over to Wizard Ishlan
and were gone all day. Mr. Peache
and Will went fishing and came bac
with eight or ten fine rainbow trout
The next morning we thought W
would start for home, but the horse
got away and we did not find theI
till noon. But we did not care; W
were all having a good time an
were in no hurry, but we finally &C
started homeward, stopping along a
> we saw anything of interest W
stopped and saw the Natural Bridg
and the DEVILS Churn. and it ws
churning so hard and making s
much noise we could not hear ou
y selves talk Tehn we came to til
Union creek falls. 1t came rushin
: down two hundred feet. And sue
big, tall timber! | never saw sue
timber in my life. One tree was sc
feet high and II feet through, an
others almost as large.
Our last night in camp was |
Eagle Point, near one of Mr. Peacl
ey's old acquaintances. The lac
gave us a feast of all kinds of niC
fruit, peaches, pears, apples, tom
toes, ground cherries, watermelo
and muskmelon. | tell you We d
y enjoy them, for we had been whel
=, we did not see anything like tina
Next morning Mr.. Ulen and | lie
= 1
: camp real early and arrived hon
about noon, and that day being Will
birthday, we had him nice dime
prepared when the rest of them g
in, which was about o'clock in Il
afternoon. We were glad to
;, home again.
We remained at home only a wee
when Mr.. Peachey and wife and NJ
Ulen and | started to the coast, M
Peachey to see some lots he h;
= bought, and | to visit my daughte
. Talk about mud! The roads we
% just terrible from Kamas valley
> Rock creek. We met Mr.. Multi wi
his auto broken down, and a lit
y farther on another one fast in Il
mud. Had to get the stage driv
:, to pull them out We went rig
along, but sometimes the wagon we
in over the hubs We had no ac,
dents on the road and got there /;
right. but Mr.. Peachey had lit
accident while at the beach. He al
W his wife were looking for seaweeC
o. seashells and starfish when he fl