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stream, only loo or 150 yards wide, but running swift over great 
boulders and shoulder deep, it must be a wonderful trout stream. 
I dont know the mileage down the valley, but at is considerably 
over Htyj 100 males from the summit to EugenJ^here wtjstayed over 
night and •’'here it emptaes into the Willamette- As we got further 
down the valley it widened and there were farms, some of them very 
old® and 10 miles or so from Eugene it became a summer playground. 
There -^ere beautaful little cottages all along the road and several 
wire suspension footbridges across th© stream* It -"as .last a little 
before dusk that we drove into Eugene. The next morning we left for 
homageing down the valley, through Corvallis, Monmouth, McMinnville 
and Forest Grove, an unbroken strip of concrete clear to Hillsboro. 
Nice driving, but it lacks the interest of the less travelled roads. 
We had left home Wednesday noon and got back about t on Sunday, 
having travelled, I think, 670 miles. And we still had *10.00 left, 
^he trip did me lots of good, I ’"as getting stale and came back 
in much better condition. I had no idea I could sleep on the ground 
and be rested in the morning. I should like to take you on that 
trip in June when the flowers are in full swing. We mxght not get 
over the pass then, frr it snowed a few days after we passed through. 
If i can find them I will send you some kodaks o<ff the 
journey, not any too clear, for the sky •"as none too bright, rather 
smoky, ^his may be your Christmas letter, may every blessing be 
yours, You may return the photographs, for I have no duplicates 
here, nor the negatives. No hurry about them. With best wishes, 
I am, 
Very sincerely yours, 
OVER 
