The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-08-12


beyond the Basin, of course. but
very likely you've never been there. /,
Well, take it from us who have
made the trip, it's some outingl !
After it's all over you'll say, II
wouldn't have missed it for thou
sand dollars-but | wouldn't go |
again for five hundred dollars,"
You'll swear (swear is the word) |
that it is sixteen hundred miles
from Oakley to the lower lake, and
you won't be far wrong-it is six
teen good long miles the way the
surveyor measures distances, and |
the rest of the mileage is made up
of bumps and thumps and rocks
and trees that you go over, and 7
washouts and ruts and heads of gull
lies that you go around
But you're not supposed to know
all this until you return. Before
getting down to the rough realities
you should plan your trip. The real
joy of camping out is not in the ac-
tual pefformance--it's in the antic-
ipation and planning beforehand,
and the recollection and telling af-
terward.
Having settled where to go by /
deciding on the lakes, you will next
how to get there. After
some inquiry you will find that you
can get there easiest in a flying
and the next best way is by
means of a team and wagon. Then
you will locate some good, strong 4
man who has strong wagon and I
IN equally strong team, and will
ingness to take you.
Then there is the question as 10
what to take. You will decide on ]
fishing tackle-lots of it, in the 81
grub, also in large quanti- |
les; tents and lots of bedding;
,lenty of baled breakfast food for
he horses; first aid supplies, inclu
ling antidotes for rattlesnake bites, {
no it is doubtful if there ever was {
rattlesnake in that country; and /
ach individual will take few use |
ess things on the chance that he t
night want to use them. {
And now when will you start? !
Why, early in the morning of 9
ourse-possibly not later than five f
'clockl t
XNo did oI fhaco fb;,cc fsxxxyo., q
5ere Charles Brown, the originator b
( the party; John Brown, his %
rother, who was spending his vaca- {
on here; Julius Fairchild, the
hauffeur; DR.. Rains, who had pre- t
icted that no fish would be caught. p
nd who went along to scoff at the n
shers and to view the scenery; Il
evils Rains. who seriously planned e
} catch all the fish in the lakes.) h
Being reasonable fellows, we "
hanged our plans to fit the occa- "
on. Thus, when we discovered W
lat it isn't daylight at five O'Clock T
this time of year, we decided to NJ
art at six so as not to wake the Il
orses too early. And when we d
armed that julius had just return
from Bostetter the night before, III
e decided on nine so as not to dis 81
rb Julius beauty nap. And then d'
was $50 minutes after nine when di
e tearfully tore ourselves from &c
e confines of Oakley and struck So
1t on our adventure. eI
After three hours we reached m
le spring in Fairchild canyon, ds
here we and the horses had lunch. m
len Julius manicured his steeds te
lille we interviewed Mr.. Myers.
40 was personally conducting a at
inch of sheep on their summer he
cation. Mr. Myers said he had nc
irty million dollars worth of sill fe
r ore blocked out in his mine, a is
ort distance from where we were fe
mped all
Being invigorated by the lunch. tn
veral of us decided o walk tn
-hile. The grade above the spring lie;
4uitC StCcps oO We udu uO tTOuDle Nc
keeping ahead of the wagon. A th
lie from the spring we reached the
CHEST point on the Elba road here an
took the south branch. From In
re on we occasionally were on a me
ort down grade, but for the most inl
the time we were headed sky ste
rd. Those of us who were hoof- vel
: it had to wait quite often for pla
J wagon. as the steep grades m. de toe
W work for the horses wa
The miles passed slowly. We the
re all thirsty, but reached no wa see
until about seven O'Clock, when mi
came to a good-sized stream ere
ere we met a forest ranger who
'ised us to camp there. He said Jul
was not more than two miles TO loa
lake, but hard pull, especially do'
tired horses. 1t was we'll that the
took his advice. BY the time we an
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