Rocky Mountain Trip 
obnoxious ore&tures. The wheat 5 which has been so we 5 in mm&l 
patches., is quite green and the com stands no chance to ripen 
and beside the grasshoppers are taking it by storm- Camped 
after 20 or 25 miles in a little panic on the Costilla v 
August 25rd : Broke omp mU set out at an early hour 
for Culab/ra Creek, a heavy white frost covered the ground and 
small pools of water were covered with ice. The trail across 
the divide is very bad;for ten miles of the way it was a scram¬ 
ble over logs and rocks and up and down very stoop places. Twen¬ 
ty-five miles - a long day f s march •* being c3om.pl otoch rro comped 
on Culubra Greek near the base of the peak. The Costilla and 
Culabr-a creeks are branches of the Del -forte and in their lower 
course flow through the San Inis park, 
Aug. 24tii ; Culabra Peal:. Rose at daylight, ate break- 
fast^ saddled u,p and wore off by sunrise. Followed a long spur 
that led up to the min western spur of the peak. Hitched within 
1000 foot of the top. Made a complete panorama, which filled 
12 pages. The Baton Hills lay beneath us to the east and the 
Spanish peeks made a very fine portion of the landscape Cas¬ 
tilla Peak appeared in the south and Sierra Blanca ard the Ore- 
tones in the north. The view to the west is particularly Inter¬ 
esting. The San Buis park with its buttes and wooded hills, its 
lakes and river, copses and its blue distances ^presents a grand 
aspect indeed. Descended to camp in good time. The rocks in 
the neighborhood of the mountain arc metamprphic. 
Aug. 25th ; Marched 20 miles to Fort Garland - a military 
post near the base of Sierra Blanca. For a few miles we were 
in the foot hills, but emerging from these we came out upon the 
