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Let’s Go Camping -
This Summer
By MARCIA HILL
State Library
It’s fun to plan a vacation, especial^
ly when' the landscape is soggy with
rain and the days are dark. The whole
family > can join in spreading out the
maps, reading the brightly I colored
folders and checking equipment. If it
is to be a cTOgW trip to a & S t -area
Mother wants a quiet s pot where
housekeeping in a tent will be possible.
Dad and the boys need S fishing
stream or lake. Sister asks for trees,
flowers, hiking trails and picture tak
ing possibilities. She intends to catch
up on some of her Girl Scout projects.
Recreational facilities to meet a var
iety of requirements can b^founcffin
almost any one of the improved forest
camps of Oregon. The only .expense
involved is®|ransportation and simple
camping equipment. Food is Considered
a routine part of the budget siSce the
family g w a y s has to eat. Dad boasts
he w ill keep the camp supplied with
fresrSi^ M but with the memory of
other outings; ini mind Mother plans an
ample supply of ‘ '"groceries— just in
ca||| the fish aren’t biting.
near the ocean, in the Cascades, or
Eastern and Southern Oregon? Sister
w ill write to the Chamber of Com
merce of the nearest large town for a
booklet about what to do and see in
the chosen area.
There are other sources for pamph
lets helpful in planning a vacation as
Big Brother found when he wrote to
thq Travel Division of the Oregon
State Highway Department, Salem,
Oregon. Besides a map of Oregon the
travel divison cah furnish a bright
folder on vacation spots and soon there
will be a new pamphlet about the
Oregon State Parks. Overnight camp
ing is not now permitted in the State
Parks, but they furnish fine picnic
spots as one travels. The Oregon State
Game Commission (P.O. Box 4136,
Portland, Oregon) has a monthly pub
lication available free of charge upon
written request which keeps the
sportsmen informed as to the opera
tions and activities of the commission;
This is also a source for the latest in
game and angling laws.
Public Library Information Source
Little Brother, who visits the Public
From the U. S. Department of Agri Library often, wants to make a contri
culture Forest Service (P.O. Box 4 l i f e ' bution to the family plans so he ask
Portland, Oregon) Dad secures a free ed the librarian, for a book “ all about
copy of ajO -page pamphlet “ Improved camping.” He brings home “ Camping
Forest* C'amps o f the National Forests Can Be Fun” by R. W. Weaver and
of Oregon, 1949,” and from the neigh A. E. Merrill; (Harper 1948, $3.00). It
borhood gas station a recent map of proves; to be both humorous and help
Oregon. As the fam ily study the pam ful. There are instructions for every
phlet theylfind that camn^siB in each situation and emergency— even the
national forest are named and describ possibility that one can get lost and
ed in detail.: Included is information may need to remember the contents of
about the number of camp sites I or the chapter, “Advice for Stray Lambs.”
trailer Mpa£es, fireplaces, stoves, ta- The librarian also suggested “Jack
bles, water supplies and the recrea knife Cookery” by J. A. Wilder (Dutton
tional opportunities such as hunting,
1929, $2.00), with its tested recipes,
fishing, hiking, boating, swimming ;4 i^ c e on fire building, camp equip
and sometimes horsibcick riding. The ment and first aid. Little Brother was
editor of “ Improved Forest Camps”
by Duncan Hines “Vacation
wrote with imagination for he adds Guide” (Duncan Hines 1949, $1.75)
tempting asides like “ $erries';V “ sma Q H its terse paragraphs about many
s h in g “view” and “picknicking.” The resorts in the U.S., Canada and Mex-
big qu|||ion is which camp w ill it be, ic@IH
Pamphlets Are Helpful