FEBRUARY 15. 1914 



The lighter-colored shrubbery iu the foreground is mountain lilac 

 mesquite. The little bush in the center of foreground is mesquite. 



and the darker, the scrubby mountain 

 Photographed by P. C. Chadwick. 



trip with Wallace (my son) eai'ly the next 

 morning, the day was spent in making 

 camp comfortable for my daughter Ruth 

 and her friend who were to keep camp alone 

 while we went into the higher altitudes. 

 Here I wish to say a word about the auto- 

 mobile in the mountains. It is wonderful 

 what a load the auto truck running to this 

 point is able to climb the grades with; and 

 the machines that reach this resort over 

 mountain roads are many indeed. However, 



of all machines that get there the little Ford 

 is about the first and most sure, and I be- 

 lieve that, for light roustabout work for an 

 apiary over any kind of roads the average 

 beekeeper has to travel over, it is about the 

 best and most sure of any, regardless of the 

 price. 



The second day we started out early for a 

 trip to Dobbs Cabin by way of the Dobbs 

 trail. This we reached after six miles of 

 steady climbing which brought us to the big 



A field of wild buckwheat containing over 40 acres on the mountain-side near Forest Home. Elevation 5500 

 feet. Photographed by P. C. Chadwick. 



