Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-18

EullOT NOte - avery ASH
lander, and every visitor to Ash
land who can possibly do so
should take the Crater Lake trip
In order to give those who con
template making the trip, and
those who may De brought to
contemplate 1t, an idea Of the
many beauties along the route
Mrs. Elizabeth Y0ckey has given
The Tidings the following
sprightly account OF a trip to the
lake. 1t is worth reading.
Our trip to Crater Lake being
considered almost perfect one,
without backward step or delay
of any kind, and knowing that
many start on the trip as we did,
not knowing fany Of the places
of interest, and not being so for
tunate as to have driver who
"knows 1t ALL" we thought per-
haps 1t might be interesting to
know the route, stops we made
for sightseeing, etc.
The drive Is all delightful and
wonderful to the uninitlated,
with its great virgin forests,
through which you get views of
the new roads, yet impossible;
the scintillating, glinting glimpses
of the wondrously beautiful
Rogue,-all with the background
OF picturesque mountains, make
the trip indescribable and one
OF a lifetime
Our party consisted of Misses
Minnie and Nellie Beaver, Ed
Stannard, now of Berkeley, Calf.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Yockey, with
Mr.. Boyd, the well known jitney
driver and Crater Lake guide, at
the wheel.
Leaving Ashland at about 1880, |
August 5 I a. m.), our first stop
was at Milford, to do some for
gotten shopping, then ON through |
Central Point and crossing the .
great Bybee bridge, we saw, among
other large orchard ranches, the
Potter Palmer ranch. We passed
Debinger Gap, then on up into
the mountains, We alighted at
Trail to try and buy a frying pan,
which we failed to get, but we did
get Hersey's chocolate at cents,
which was a surprise.
We stopped a few minutes at
the Rogue-Elk hotel, one of the
most artistic buildings, in its
architecture and furnishings Oh
the road, located as it is on the
banks of the Rogue, with its
mountain background, and just
opposite the fish hatchery.
Then on to the next little town,
Mcleod, where we were again
disappointed in our mad search ,
for a frying pan,-and still fail
ure at the next berg, whose name .
j have forgotten. (I will here ,
add that we only found the much
needed pan the second day, at ,
Fort klamath, which shows there ,
Is nothing picturesque in a fry |
ing pan, however necessary it f,
may be to the comfort of the in /
ner man. Moral. - Patronize
home markets for all necessary q
articles before starting on such n
q trip. +,
On we went over roads made =
by convicts. stopping at the Ore II
gon-California power plant, about 7
two miles before we came to @
Prospect, and here we found fine, n
wide sprinkled roads into Pros G
pect, stopping for dinner about
noon at a wOndrOus gorge just I,
across the second bridge over the :,
Rogue-a wooden structure; then h
We walked back down the trail =
% the beautiful, shimmering Mill
Creek falls; then on to Prospect, q,
where we saw three deer in o,
'ark, soon striking real Crater n,
AXE driving, bad roads, dust, y,
and everything likely to II,
10 found in midsummer road w
in a mountainous, tim II,
iered country. T
We stopped at Union Creek and =,
watched an ingenious and original ia
vater wheel "go round" shortly II,
fterwards, walked a short dis
ance over rocks, to the Royal in
Jorge. H..
Then, on for the Crater, with et
ut seeing a permanent habitat
or miles, only an occasional road
lOrkers' camp or sawmill settle ,
tent, usually located in a pic
lresque place, accessible to good
Iater, making an occasional de-
our TO give way to the road -,
on this great modern -,
'onder of the world. a.,
We alighted at Whiskey Creek A.
,r a drink of water there
/; and stopped often to view -
le wonderful rocks, columns, pal -.
AIDES, pinnacles, ETC., in Castle
reek canyon, second only to
ma Creek canyon, seen next -,
ay.