and as our party of 5 men, Russell 

 Homan, Stanley Hopper, myself 

 and 2 helpers, 5 pack-horses, and 

 a dog", slowly wended our way up 

 the trail, the scene must have been 

 one of unusual interest. 



Would that 1 could bring- before 

 you every vista that greeted us as 

 we journeyed. The trail, for the 

 first 4 miles, was a good one, at 

 times running near the beautiful 

 Skokomish river. We were tempt- 

 ed to loiter, either to cast for trout 

 in the pools, or to gaze a little lon- 

 ger at some wild, dash- 

 ing part of the stream ; 

 but we moved stead- 



nor, we 

 enjoyed ourselves 

 variously. 



The fishing was 

 good in the river and 

 in the lake and sev- 

 eral good catches 

 were made. The ac- 

 companying photo 

 shows Mr. Homan 

 with an 8-pound 

 trout, which was 

 landed after a hard 

 fight. 



On the morning of 

 July 27 all of the 

 guests at the hotel, 

 and all of the set- 

 tlers around the lake, 

 were assembled to 

 see our departure, 



