Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-29
TOUR OF THE WEST
PROVES INTERESTING
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Wild flowers are millions in number
immense in size and very vivid in
hue. There is the Dog Tooth Violet.
Yellow Columbine, Indian Pinks
Mariposa Lily, and so many more
| have never seen or heard the
names Of before and which names
cannot remember now if l ever really
heard them correctly in the first
place.
Many Glacier Camp is located on
Lake McDemott and as l remember
someone said there were Is peaks in
view from there. There are numer.
Gus side trips from this camp but
didn't indulge in any. Wednesday
forenoon was spent wandering along
the lake shore and taking pictures of
McDermott Falls and few of the
other near points of interest. Anoth-
er very entertaining feature of Many
Glacier Camp is the evening pow
WOW. When the park was first be-
ing sight seen the camps were much
smaller than the present ones and
the old dining hall here has had
the roof taken off and just the old
fireplace and chimney with the walls
are left. A big camp fire is built
there every suitable evening and ev-
IcrVOn0 in ic fhn
shopping stories, telling of their
trips and experiences. There were
some moving picture men in camp
who were waiting for the Indians to
complete their Fourth of July fes-
tivities and an Indian picture was to
be made. We met an auto load of
them that afternoon on our return
to Glacier Park Hotel and they were
Indians in their highest glory. The
brightest of paints were much in evil
dence and the way they sat back
and enjoyed that auto wasn't so
bum. And yell-you should have
heard them
Thursday we went to Bolton, the
western gateway to the park, and
proceeded at once into the noun
tains from there. A three mile stage
ride to Lake Mcdonald, then a
ten mile boat ride across to Lewis
Hotel, just in time for another dim
ner. After dinner we took a seven
mile stroll up, mostly up, the
mountain side to Sperry Camp. The
walk seems almost too much for one
but after supper | felt as though /
was ready for another walk, so took
one. The sun very kindly keeps the
mountain tops lighted until 9 or
$3.50 so there was lots of daylight
to make use Of. Lincoln Peak be-
ing handiest we followed the trail
up there and not being satisfied with
that short mile walk we ventured
forth from rock to rock, our own
trail this time, to visit a spur of
LihSoih Cdh, duu TIC oiSuI uCioW
is worth every danger and tired
feeling you have. / almost really
believe it was the most beautiful
thing l saw in the whole park. You
look down on Lake Louise and
about 1900 feet below is the Lake
Eleanor Wilson with a waterfall be-
tween. And across from where you
stand, towering above is Mt. jack
son, practically snow covered. The
following morning Sperry Glacier
was in line. You are only 5000
feet up in this world when you get
up there. It's up, up along a water
fall and when you get high enough,
not so far up at that, you have
snow to cross. You climb upl
through beautiful ferns and various
mountain plants, walk practically
the water fall, through
snow, onto rocks, more snow, more
rocks, green grass and new wonders
forever show themselves. Looking up
you would never think of lakes,
small it is true, but lakes neverthe-
less. Where you reach the first
ledge, behold, lake. Another ledge
ahead, you reach the top and,-an-
other lake. The last climb is made
on 90 foot ladder. 1t would 9TH
erwise be almost impossible to get
to the top and there is Sperry Gla-
cier. Acres and acres of snow with
ice showing through here and there
and a multitude of peaks in sight in
all directions. Sperry Glacier is the
second largest in the United States,
and | was very glad i had made the
climb when / finally saw it. In
fact / felt well repaid in every in
stance. We returned to Bolton that
evening and journeyed on to Kenne-
witch, Wash, where we spent sun
day with friends and had "a mile
ride through irrigated country. 1T
is marvellous what water will do to
such a sage brush country. The
trees are loaded with fruit and
where it is settled and irrigated one