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DRIPPINGSTONE MANOR was the nam given this camp at Hart Mountain
last month. Despite the inclement (wet) weather,' the trip was highly sue-
Rain Fails .
To Dampen
Spring Trip
By BILL JENKINS
Edmund Ware Smith, author of
the wonderful "one-eyed poacher
of Mopang" stories, once stated in
a story that deep in all of us is
what he refers to as the wilder
Bess wish.
The urge to get out In the open,
te hear the murmur of the
pines, thrill to the flash of white
water, listen to tne song oi we
hih flying geese.
Well, on May M..1959, to be
exact, three of us were stricken
with the wilderness wish to the
point of tossing the sleeping bags
in the car and taking off for the
wide, wet spaces.
Dick Eimers came down from
Portland where he holds down the
job of bureau chief of the Asso
ciated Press. John Henderson.
production manager here at the
Herald and News, came along and
brought his camp stove. I made
up the third party.
We got away from Klamath on a
fairly bright and sunny Saturday
morning and headed east. Final
destination was to be the old hot
springs on the slopes of Hart
Mountain.
By the time we got to Bly we
had talked ourselves into going
ever to Lakeview via Dairy Creek
Being of prudent nature, at
k'nst during this stage of the trip.
we paused briefly in Bly and
checked in at the ranger station
Found Herb Hadley mowing the
eilensive lawn around the place
ad cut into his chores long
enough te get a little information
He ajlewed as bow the trip was
cessful. Here Head Cook Dick Eimen starts the job of unpacking the grub
at soon as the camp has been more or less waterproofed. Photo by Author
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WHAT'S ALL THAT STUFF? At least thet is what it looks
like Dick Eimers it saying at he de-rains the roof of the
camp at Hart Mountain. This picture was taken early the
Earlier suggestions to Eimers that he stay up all night and
keep the roof at the right angle to shed rain "had been rejected.
neat morning after the rain had I
I tlacked eff to tome extent.
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