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yellow pines, and the next day were in a region where the country rock was 
mostly g-ranite. The afternoon of the 15th we camped a couple of miles east 
of Log' Cabin P. O., and put out some mammal traps. The following day we 
stayed rigiit there, for it rained all day, and there is no fun traveling in the 
rain. There were some outfits of movers camped not far from us, and 1 have a 
suspicion they must have thought we were crazy from the capers we cut, but 
s'cmething had to be done to pass the time. ITirnett's time was up the next day, 
and he only went with us a few miles, when we met the stage to Fort Collins, 
and he had to return with it, to our mutual regret. W'e went on pa.st Elkhorn 
Po.st Office, and a little beyond drove down the long Pingree Hill, as it is called, 
a good piece of mountain road building, and reached the ^^Tst Fork of the 
Cache la Poudre at Rmstic, another post office. We turned up the river, which 
Eig. ,31. VIEW BETWEEN MOUNT ZIRKEL AND BADDY, COOKING TOWARD UTE PASS 
is in rather a narrow valley or canyon here : no chance to turn out to camp, or 
feed the horses. I boug'ht some hay at 1 lome, a little summer resort, and a 
couple of miles farther on we finally found a place to camp. Not that it was 
late, but I like to stop earh' when I can, .so as to have an o])])ortunity to look 
about, set traps, and collect. 
We were now really beginning to get into the mountains, to the great pleas- 
ure of us both, for the plains region did not specially appeal to either one of us. 
The road next morning became more and more wild and picturesciue, and we 
enjoyed the fine canyon down which the river rushed and tumbled. I made much 
u.se of the cameia that day. 1 he road was rough and .steep, but we reached 
Chambers Lake, our de.stination, early in the afternoon, and camped a mile or so 
beyond. The altitude here was 9100 feet; the hills were mostly covered with lodge- 
