Today’s ride has been thrilling beyond all description. I’m not going to attempt to describe it because even the most eloquent author couldn’t give you an accurate picture of it. Until we started up the canyon about three o’clock we traveled thru desert. For the first part of the morning it was uninteresting and like that that we went over yesterday. Then we started to climb some of the barren hills and we came right down into a basin (Elk Basin) among the slopes. In the center of the basin was a Standard Oil Co. that operated the year around twenty four hours a day. We climbed out of there and then down into a beautiful green irrigated valley that was surrounded by desert and where the town of Cody is situated. We had lunch there then followed main canal when suddenly two walls appeared and we started up a beautiful rocky canyon. At the end of which is the Shoshone Dam, the second highest in the world. Beyond the dam is a lake. From there to the entrance to the park was the Garden of the Gods and a much larger scale. From the gate to the Lake Lodge is straight up on one side and straight down on the other mountain road. We got to the lodge just in time for supper. It’s a lovely place (the lodge). College girls waitress (I’d like to work here next summer). After writing a few post cards went to bed. We’re tired.
Jane's Notes: The interesting thing is she did work at a National Park in college but I don't know if it was the summer after her freshman year or after her sophomore year. I haven't transcribed the next diary yet so I don't know.
Jane: Both your Mom and my Mom, June, worked at Crater Lake in California and I believe your Dad did as well. Emilie
ReplyDeleteYes, both my parents worked there. Dad said that's where they met. But Mom always said she met him on campus the year before only he didn't remember. Crater Lake is in Oregon. I didn't know that your mother worked there as well. Maybe her big sister got her a job.
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