THE LUEE. 



BY 



"BOURGEOIS." 



AMONG the delightful summer resorts of Colorado 

 Estes Park may be justly considered one of the most 

 attractive. It is now easy of access. Seven years ago 

 it began to be frequented, the trail having given way to 

 the wagon road. Before the days of easy ingress, I had 

 cast my lures upon the waters of the Thompson and Fall 

 Eiver, with gratifying success. 



In the summer of 1875, the Governor, the Governor's 

 mother, and myself, determined upon Estes Park for a 

 six weeks' vacation. With this end in view, in the 

 latter part of July, I sent off the team loaded with the 

 camp outfit. 



Two days after we took the morning train for Long- 

 mont, on the Colorado Central, and had an early lunch 

 at the tail end of the wagon just outside the town. Be- 

 fore noon we were on the fifteen-mile drive into the 

 canon of the St. Vrain, for camp. 



By sunrise the following morning we had started, 

 with twenty miles to make over a new road part of the 

 way, and no road at all in places, and the places were 

 many. However, we had to hitch on to the end of the 



