11 August 1913 – North Bend

Arose 5 A.M. breakfast. We packed up put valuables and blankets on Vetters horse and left cooking utensils for Hubbard to pack in Tuesday. We hiked to Bend after leaving 7:10 to 12 noon. We met Tom Perry 8 miles down trail leading Tom J. horse. He was enthusiastic over the beautiful woods, primevial forest and called it God’s Country, and cursed the day and sultry streets of the city. He wanted me to – but —– came back to the Bend where we loafed around the rest of the day.  He and myself planned to leave tomorrow and go back by the trail to Hot springs and come back in three days called folks up who are going to Far Away. $15.75 to the good get.

10 August 1913 – Half way house

Joe Johnson left about 9 o’clock riding one of the horses which belonged to people who stayed here all night. Gay, Stew and myself are the only ones left here of the bunch and things are quiet. We have a lot of grub and want to sell it or give it to packers for being packed in. John Dary has only horse up here and we are left in a stew as to how to get back, anyway tomorrow, because things are too dead up here. I wanted to go up to hot springs but its too late now and Stewart doesn’t care to go up. There are hot mineral baths and drinking water. Some old jake here says, there’s no use comin’ up here, without goin’ up to the hot springs. Nearly 50 people are up there at present. Stewart and I climbed the hill in front of half way house and I took 4 pictures up there. We afterwards went swimming in river. Made arrangements to pack in to North Bend.