The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-09-08
Yellowstone Hikers
Reach Home Safely
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the party when he said he was so
tired of scenery that he found it
tiresome ever to look out OF the
window.
There were exceptions, however.
By the time morning came we were
well past Grand Junction, Colorado
and | was again N familiar terri
tory. For | spent an entire season,
years ago, in the distribution of
J fish from the Leadville Station. We
, got a glimpse of the station build
lngs, soon after crossing Tennessee
Pass. They nestle close under the
foot of Mount Massive, away to
the south, across the upland valley
of the Upper Arkansas.
The Royal Gorge, too, interested
the boys and they bought goggles
and paid the "two bits which the
railroad company penuriusly
charges its patrons for the priv
lege of riding through it in a dirty
untopped flat car, by courtesy
called an open top observation car.
Denver was passed in the early
evening with sufficient time to go
through its station to the streets
for a few moments. Next day it
was Lincoln, Omaha; the Platt and
the Missouri, and endless miles Of
corn and small grains.
Chicago was reached Saturday
morning. The entire day was spent
there. In the morning we went 20
the Field Museum of Natural His
tory which contains the splendid
collections made bv-the expedition
to Africa under the direction of
Carl E. Akeley. Then. with the re-
collection OF Salt Lake City fresh
IN mind, the party voted a cafeter-
ia for lunch.
In the afternoon we visited Jack
son Park, travelled along the lake
front, and came ouI past one of the
old dc%lapidated buildings of the
Columbian Exposition, A car ride
OF Az minutes then took Us to Lin
coin Park, where particular inter-
est was found in its fine Zoo.
The Chicago people think their
park system the finest in the world.
| had a wonderful opportunity to
see 1t two years ago, when | spent
a day in the city as the guest of a
member of the police force.
From Chicago we doubled our
route out, via Montreal, and the
trip was uneventful. At the Cana
dian-Nermont boundary we had
evidence of the wide Vermont read
ing the Caledonia; gets. 1t may be
remembered that on the way out
the Canadian ir9mioration officer
was IN doubt as to the location of
the Yellowstone. Returning, when
the United States officer came to
US | simply said, ''These boys are
with me, returning from Yellow
stone Park to St J~ohnsburv." "Ah"
he said, "the Yellowstone Park
Hikers' and passed on without
further questioning. A little later
the customs officer passed up up ON
receipt of the same information.
We rolled into st. Johnsbury at
midnight, a month from the time
we left.
In closing this log | must record
the remarkable fact that in the
full months association. sometimes
under conditions calculated to
bring out the yellow streak if one
there had been, I failed to hear the
first unpleasant word spoken be-
tween the boys. Of course, there
was chatting and some rough
house. When this occurred too
close to camp, the statement from
that the Government owned all
of 1900 square miles in this par
tlcular neck of the woods and that
there was ample room to scuffle
without walking all over the dining
table was accepted GOOD naturedly.
Did they have a good time? Well
that is for them to say! | met one
of them a few days since and said.
"How would you like to be camp
ing on Shoshone Greek tonight.
"Gee" he said, 81 wish we were
starting back tomorrow morning"
A. H. Dinsmore.