Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Page A-11
Winding Trails: by Al Hobart
Thursday, April 14, 1966
Illinois Valley News
X-C and meeting in K. Falls
This winter I’ve been doing
quite a lot of riding, mostly in
automobiles and on skis. But lately
I’ve taken a couple of different kinds
of rides that proved to be a lot of
fun as well as a pleasant diversion.
One was riding over the drifts and
through the woods on the amazing
little ski-doo, a small snowmobile
that skitters about over the snow like
a water-strider on a pond, towing
x-c skiers, packing ski trails and
performing all kinds of useful chores
where all other types of motorized
vehicles would quickly bog down
in the deep snow; the other was
riding into a nice warm clubroom
on a cold night recently in Klamath
Falls on Bill’s coattails, where, as an
unrecognized interloper, I was given
a friendly welcome by members of
a select ski club who were gathered
for some social fun, to see who
could tell the tallest ski thrillers
and, incidentally, to get the club’s
ROGUE VALLEY
business taken care of.
Bill’s main purpose at the
K.F. ski club gathering was to give
an address on cross-country skiing
and to demonstrate the use of the
special equipment required. My
presence was taken for granted and
my share of the refreshments and
enjoyment of the entertainment paid
for by acting as Bill’s assistant in
toting in the ski gear for display. Of
course I acted very professional,
and when questioned, on the
side, immediately gave forth with
profound pronouncements regarding
the fast-growing movement of x-c
skiing in a manner that could only
be displayed by an expert. If, later
any of my private listeners run into
difficulties it will undoubtedly be
because they weren’t paying proper
attention to my glowing revelations.
Earlier in the day Bill and I
had spent several hours ski touring
in the deep dry Cascade snow.
From Ashland we drove east on the
Dead Indian Road 15 miles up into
the mountains where ski touring
conditions were ideal and where an
8-mile tour was to be laid out with
the ski-doo. We were joined up there
by John Day, downhill ski instructor
Bob Huff, and a young college
x-c racer from Ashland. After the
tour Bill and I intended to continue
through on the Dead Indian Road to
its intersection with the Lake of the
Woods road and so on to Klamath
Falls by this direct, relatively short
route. But we learned that the D.I.
Road was closed farther on and so
we had to drive back to Ashland,
take the Green Springs Highway
to K.F., a change in schedule that
demanded some fast and fancy
driving if we were to make our club
meeting in time. We made it barely
in time, thanks to my chauffeur’s
expert nighttime driving over 60
miles of snowy, icy, crooked road.
We sailed across the finish line – on
a flat tire – shortly after meeting
time, gathered our arms full of ski
gear and scurried down the broad
stairs into the warm basement club
room, to me a welcome refuge from
the snapping cold outside. Bill, I
know, would have preferred having
the meeting on a nice north-face
ledge or in an ice cave.
Our plans actually called
for heading back into the mountains
after the ski club affair and camping
out on the deep snow under the trees,
an experience that’s more fun than
it might sound like, but by the time
the meeting was over it was so late
we decided we’d settle for a nice big
dinner and a motel, a disgustingly
civilized alternative, but made
necessary by our carefully laid plans
having been knocked slightly out of
kilter.
Next morning we had an early
breakfast with the Russ Bucklews,
whose warm, friendly welcome
makes them, in our estimation, one
of the nicest families east of the
Cascades. Thus happily fortified
with rare good fellowship and ample
nourishing fodder we returned to
Grants Pass.
But on our way, before we
passed through Ashland we drove
back out the Deceased Redskin
– oops! I mean Dead Indian Road
and did another 10 miles on our x-c
skis. We knew Claudette would have
a big dinner waiting for us, and so
in this pleasantly vigorous manner
undertook to work up a suitable
appetite for what we knew would be
a delightful repast at the Pruitt home.
After dinner, the evening
being still young, I climbed aboard
the jeep, not forgetting my little
freshly baked birthday cherry pie,
and headed for a little gulch in
the Illinois Valley hills, richer in
experience and the kind of human
companionship that matters most.
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The first Illinois Valley Well-
ness Resources (IVWR) survey of
our senior and disabled neighbors
has come to a close. The purpose
of the survey was to give IVWR
some additional guidance in setting
up program priorities and will be
used help us continue planning and
developing programs to meet the
needs we can. Tabulation of survey
results not counted for last weeks ar-
cial are the DASH (Di-
etary Approaches to Stop
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the Mediterranean diet.
The DASH diet empha-
sizes vegetables, fruits and
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and services please call
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i.V. Wellness resources
ticle have not changed things much..
Reliable help with the usual day to
day tasks , local transportation and
obtaining firewood seem to be the
most needed services and we will
work on addressing these first. The
need for transportation to nearby cit-
ies, neighborhood security, accom-
paniment to doctors appointments,
finding reliable handymen, chimney
sweepers and big job workers, help
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with official documents and com-
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