Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-07-08
WAYSIDE WANDERINGs

drive over the island with them
in their fine roadster. Now it
shows how little | know about
ears when | say that | don't even
now know what make Of a ear
it is, but ii is a seven passenger
and is dark green on the outside
and trimmed with elephant S
breath and rich brown and
has all the latest improvements
including a cute little vase Of
flowers inside.
yep, you know. Roadster
and seven passenger car!"--Ed.)
Well, invitations like this do
not come to us every week, and
wash day does, so we just post
poned the balance of the washing
and went, We spun along the
excellent main highway Of Ellis.
port, from Prospect Point where
new cottages, newly painted
homes, aud bright hued flowers,
make pictures Of contentment
along the way, We passed Ma
drona Lodge where the summer
guests are making themselves
comfy before the rush that al
ways comes with the 4th of July
We passed the tennis court,
which told us that its yearly
sponsor, Mrs. Merritt, has not
yet arrived, for it is still carpet
ed with masses of daisies, which
will be cut away the day she
comes. Then came DR.. Torland S
well kept home, and Mrs. New
mans newly rooted camps and
Miss Caughey's garden which is
one bright riot of color-poppies
roses, sweet peas, and the hill
side above her is dotted with
cosy homes, snuggled among the
trees and flowers. Ellisport is
beautiful!
Around the curved hillside and
Town to the smooth boulevard
along the waterfront the car
glided swiftly with Mrs. Treat
at the wheel. Of course, as we
were old residents on the island,
we were expected to know some
thing of the roads, and We did,
because we read the Vashon Is
land News-RecOrd, and it is be-
cause we think our island paper
should tell even more about
them that we are writing this,
for that was yesterday, and
since then we have travelled
some of them.
The road through Ellisport
along the water front past the
ferry landing and through Port
age is a model country road.
From Portage We took a very
good road leading to Luana
Beach, but when we found our
selves on the summit of the hill
above it we turned back to the
neat looking little school house
and followed a well travelled
road that took us through long
stretches of mimproved forest,
with here and there a pioneer S
home, peopled I'm sure with
brave hearts for it takes brave,
strong hearts to attempt to
carve homes out Of so dense a
forest as this is. But the swift
roadster carried us up hill and
down dale on voyage Of dis
covery.
The farther we drove the firm
er grew our determination to
find another road home, for the
hills grew sleeper and the dales
became sharp dips between them
so much so, that if the forest
were cut away | believe the land
formation there would look like
a gigantic uneven wash board.
We We're bound for Dockton.
but we finally drew up in a
capacious barn yard that was
bordered on one side by a large
red barn that was being filed
with sweet scented hay. On 9TH
err sides were nice looking houses
several of them. Looking off,
from the barn yards elevation
one could see spreading out like
a pictured map, pastures where
well-fed hOlStein and Jersey cat
tie were literally "knee deep in
June" 1t was not clover, nor
was it alfalfa said the Yakima
man. But there were great
fields of beautiful purple and
mauye blossoms that these sleek
contcnted cows were Illustrating
in, and other fields had been cut
for hay, where men were piling
it high on hay wagon to bring
in to the barn,