Woodfts Hole, Mass.He was there six -reeks and got hack .lust at 
threshing time and then we had silage to out and so he had a pretty- 
busy time. Just before he had to leave for "ollege he .and I took a 
trip* We started up Mt. Hood and reached That is known as Goverru 
met damp late in the afternoon* This is a big .Alpine meadow with 
a small stream running through it and lots of huckleberry bushes 
When we got up in the morning we found a hard cold wind blowing 
which was lifting great clouds of sand from the slopes of the mount¬ 
ain* There was not much snow on the hill and I -"as greatly dis¬ 
appointed in it. I have seen so many of our Olympics which gave 
one a much greater feeling of bulk and impressiveness than this. 
From the east side r understand the view is much better. Govern¬ 
ment damp was a stopping place on the old B&rlow '’’oil Road over 
the cascades, by which the early settlers came into the Willamette 
valley* and the old toll house as still standing/ further down the 
trail. We decided not to go further in this direction, in fact 
the loop road round the mountain is not finished, so we started 
back. Here w e found ourselves in a quandary. We had but four or 
five dollars in the house when we started, and I had intended get¬ 
ting more in Portland on the wav through, but we -ere pressed for 
time and as I do not like to drive through the dense traffic we had 
crossed the river on ife'ffry at the south end of town and having 
bought some provisions and gas we found ourselves busted. On the 
day previous we had passed, through a small town named GCesham and 
at a hardware store -here we got fishing licenses I had induced 
the proprietor to take a check for the licenses and also advance 
us flia.00 on the same security. So we -ent back to Gresham and 
called on our hardware man and inquired wheie we could get some 
fish* He advised brooked River* which did not look very distant, 
on the map,and told us how to get there, so we dffiSided to take his 
advice, but /I told him, "I- must have some more money, do [ look 
good enough for »*E.OO today? And he was easy* so -e bade him fare- 
