3 August 1913 – Half way house

Arose 8:30. Tom had most of breakfast cooked. About 10 A.M. Stew, Tom, Harvey, Joe, and myself crossed the river and walked upstream. Vetter had already left early in the morning for Snoqualmie Lake. We walked 4 1/2 miles on trail until we came to Taylor river 1/2 mile above its mouth. We fished down to the middle fork and caught fine trout about seven or eight inches long. The best so far. We crossed the river a ways up. The water was up to our knees and got on the main trail on the S.E. side of the middle fork and walked back to camp at 5 P.M. Gay and Tom had already been back for a couple of hours. They walked about 9 miles up Pratt river trail, stayed overnight and Gay the next morning caught about 80 trout in 1/2 mile distance down the creek but not as large as the ones we caught on Taylor river. Tom Perry, the renowned Progressive, gave us some of his famous speeches and stories. Bed 10 P.M.