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Springs. Keen delight was taken in skiing and tobogganing on a 
seven-hundred foot slope back of the hotel. The snow conditions, con- 
genial party, and able leader made this an altogether memorable trip. 
Most of the walks have as their object a splendid view, huckle- 
berries, rhododendrons, birds, salmon, or sometimes a delicious chicken 
dinner, such as we enjoyed last winter, prepared by our former chef, 
Robert Carr. 
As a real test of ability one or two long walks were taken. From 
Seattle to Tacoma they marched twenty strong a distance of twenty- 
six miles in eight and one-half hours, following the old trail laid out 
by General McClellan. Their intention was to reach Tacoma by five 
o'clock that they might return with their comrades who had gathered 
modest violets on the prairies about Spanaway Lake. 
Do women go on these long walks? They often lead them! 
The rhododendron walk at Chico is always a favorite and is sure 
of a large attendanee. Two hundred and eighty appeared early that 
May morning with “lunch, cup, and spoon,” ready to spend a pleasant 
day at Hidden Ranch, the interesting home of the Paschalls, and to 
roam about on Kinikinick Hill amidst a wild profusion of Dame Na- 
ture’s loveliest flowers. 
Our Everett friends have the happy faculty of selecting beautiful 
as well as interesting walks. The large timber tracts between Seattle 
and Everett have many delightful trails, and the Indians on the Tulalip 
reservation are always hospitable, entertaining with music and canoe 
races, and refreshing the tired walkers with baked clams. 
Our reunion and clam bake at Lineoln Beach was held in June. 
The already appetizing lunches were further enhanced by clams and 
hot coffee served in true Mountaineer style. We gazed and gazed on 
the great camp-fire sending its live sparks seaward and as we listened 
to the waves lapping against the rocks thought we had never before 
seen such beauty. 
Do the Mountaineers stay indoors during the rainy season? Only 
the fair weather members. It almost never rains all day. The club 
has never given up a walk because of the weather; they think “The big 
gray days are exhilarating, and the colors of leaf and branch and 
mossy bole are then at their best.” 
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