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evening at the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Moran, the entire 
party had the pleasure of listening to beautiful musie rendered 
on the fine organ at their summer residence nearby. That 
night some of the Mountaineers had no desire to desert the 
camp fire and it was only by special request that they retired 
about midnight. 
Monday an early start was made and going by East and 
Lopez Sounds and Lopez Pass, we reach Rosario Strait. In- 
stead of crossing to Deception Pass we continue south so as 
to cross the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuea. It 
was not very long before we were in sight of the swells and 
rollers that came from the Pacific Ocean. Soon they begin to 
toss our launch and the captain orders everyone down from the 
upper deck and inside from the bow. An occasional wave 
splashes over the side but the wetting is not minded. Every- 
one is wondering how soon some one will be seasick and who 
will be the first. We are tossed quite roughly for a time but 
finally we are going with the waves and the worst of the or- 
deal is over and all are happy. Whidby Island is at our left 
and soon we are in Admiralty Inlet where the water is quite 
smooth. It is lunch time but no lunch is ready so we proceed 
to devour all the available sardines, crackers, chocolate and 
fruit that we can find. 
Going toward the pier at Point No Point, where we ex- 
pected to land for our regular lunch, we find the water too 
low and must go on farther. In about an hour we reach a 
pier near Applecove Point where we can land and go ashore 
and soon a substantial lunch is ready for us. That over it is 
only a short ride on to Seattle where we arrive about 7 o’clock. 
On these two launch trips we were accompanied by our 
cook, Mr. Carr, which added much to the pleasure of the trips. 
Much of the enjoyment of the launch trips is from just the 
fact that the launch ride is to be enjoyed by resting and not 
by doing any strenuous walking. So we like all the trips be- 
cause each is different from the other and the latest, best of 
all and the next one will surely be better so may the last one 
be far in the future. 
