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Tells of 25,000 Mile Trip Across U. S. to Alaskan Wilds THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1989 Following is a continuation of the cound robin letters sent to friends of Mr. on their 25,000 mile trailer trip to Mateo where we called up Gil and ty of room in their back yard to park the trailer, so we wedged it in by the Grace of God and a shoe horn. Our ice box was full of grub the first guests to bring their own beds and bedding, along with food to eat. The only thing we needed was a good scrubbing brush and a place to use it on our hides. She furnished us a most luxurious showâ€" er, all done in a beautiful pastel shade of lavender ,even the toilet seat to match. ‘ It was good to see I waved to Al Capone but guess he didn‘t see me across the bay as we crossed the Golden Gate bridge on our way to ice and snow. A glorâ€" ious ride is the Redwood Highway through glen after glen of glorious trees. At Eureka we learned a slide had made the highway imâ€" passable and we would have to cross several ranges to the road about 150 them miles east. After debating whether to wait for it to be cleared we started toward Redding, spending that night in a Ranger camp. Our next door neighbors were a party of hen pecked men lead by a loud mouthed lady of uncertain age and little education who enjoyed telling us how mistreated she was, in that she had to do all the driving durâ€" ing the day and then cook after dark for a lazy dumb family. She confided in Sue that her feet hurt in spite of a dirty, greasy and I imagine odoriferous pair of bedâ€" room slippers she wore when a moâ€" toring she‘d go. When she addressed her men folk, every one within 10 miles could hear each word and most of the words were none too complimentary. That weekâ€"end landed us in Medâ€" ford, where I looked up Doris, my niece, and persuaded her and her hubby to go up to Crater Lake with us. Crater Lake is a gem and I enjoyed seeing its azure loveliness again. It is so blue ,it is impossiâ€" ble to believe the pictures one sees of it. This time the snow along the water‘s edge a thousand feet straight down gave a new beauty to it. Clouds change the shade as they float over head and the glory of nature once again is unfolded before you. Once again we experienced the uncertainty of motoring. Between Medford and Grants Pass, Sue turned to me after a thud and wanted to know if I had run over some one. I skidded to the shoulder and got out to find the trailer had one shoe on and one shoe off, I guess it was one wheel on and the other off. We were only going 45 miles per when the left wheel decided to shear off the studs and leave us to get along the best we could. It was the fourth of July and help 5 miles away if it could be found. Most of that P. M. I spent patchâ€" ing up a makeshift to limp into Portland where I could get a new wheel and have the axel straightâ€" ened, which was not strong enough to carry our load. Now it has been reinforced to triple its original strength. Such incidents as these simply lighten the load of monotâ€" ony, which might otherwise exist. CHURCHILL WEAVERS Shoulder _Individual AUTO ROBES _nqu WOOD, Salad DAHL‘S Auto Reconstruction Co. 322 N. First Si. _ Phone T7 A days drive up the Columbia poms at Berea, Kentuck» + HAND WEAVES +# Cold Frame and Axle Body and Pender Mepatring SPRING SERVICE sTATiON WELDING AND S0OLDERING Mr. and Mrs. D. L. BILLIG, i: 1.50 Ties, now 1.00 Other Distinctive Gifts highway, a rather overrated drive not go out of our way to take again. Roosevelt‘s power project at Bonneâ€" go the Dalles, or anybody living in the neighborhood to use its electriâ€" ever be any sea traffic wanting to know how many fish are swimming around as they have two men countâ€" ing them as they swim up specially built channels. Seattle our last stop in this counâ€" try. We got in and went to the Trailer camp very highly recomâ€" mended by a guide book we had. It was just lunch time so Sue went inside to prepare for the Inner Man, while I unhooked and did some outâ€" side jobs. While attending to these various chores I looked, I listeneed, I smelled and I felt the immediate surroundings. Sue called out the familiar chant "come and get it or we‘ll throw it away," I responded and my first words on sitting down were "I am going to spend the aftâ€" erncon finding some place better to m&nfihfim 1 called up the A.A.A. | learned Seattle didn‘t like trailers, but they gave me visited and proved to be only a difâ€" ference in degree of soil. In desâ€" hold of their Chamber of Commerce member. She put us on to the best camp we have been in, located right on the east shore of Lake Washingâ€" ton between a beautiful golf course and the water. There were only four trailers in there all owned by thcmdnu,dnplybknppto’h‘ out and they selected their guests by the general appearance of the outfit. At any rate we passed musâ€" ter and were very well fixed with swimming a step from the trailer. Tonight is calm and gorgeous and as I write we are sailing about 200 yards off ‘shore on either side beâ€" tween rugged, verdant bluffs. The water is marvelously clear and blue and nature is magnificient. Today we put into Alert Bay and THE HIGHLAND PARK PRESS saw the Totem poles, one of which was fairly recent and very gaudy and grotesque. Mlm'althc; back to the boat one of the party told me to go down to the Communâ€" ity House to see the enormous beams that have been lifted into place 20 feet above the ground by primitive methods. He said he would hold the boat while I got a picture. I got the picture and came back to find the gang plank alresdy hauled in. The boat was still tied up to the wharf, but I had to scrable over the rail. Fortunately Sue hadn‘t missed me as yet. We found, trailer life for over 6,000 miles in 6 weeks (hence little time to write) very interesting and liked this way of travel very much, and hated to see it go into storage. One has such a feeling of independâ€" ence and with a little hunting can find good spots to camp in. We unâ€" derstand Southern California has great camps with private baths to each trailer. We are crazy about the idea and feel we have all the kinks worked out. The Olds was a little light for the job and we were afraid sooner or later would have a major break down, so turned it in at Seattle on a Buick 60 to be deâ€" livered in the fall on our return. Well enough for Episode II of our Saja of "Trailer Life in the Raw" or "Wanderings of the Gypâ€" Sincerely, field, attended the reunion and homeâ€" coming of the Chicago Bears in Chiâ€" cago on Sunday. Mr. Nelson, an alumnus of the University of Illiâ€" nois, played with the Bears in 1929. Mr. Nelson‘s picture appeared in several of the Chicago papers on Monday. QualityCleaners RELIABLE LAUNDRY E. F. Nelson of Forest Ave., Deerâ€" DRY CLEANING CO. AND . P. 178 ‘Tooth Brushes, box of 3....$ .99 Laundry Dry Mop ... 149 Laundry Dry Mop Heads 99 Wet Mopt ............~.â€"â€".... 8B Wet Mop Heads ..._.._._.__.. A9 Fullustre Fioor Self Polish, qt.........__ .89 ARNOLD C. BREMER FULLER BRUSHES Prices subject to change Read The Wantâ€"Ads Telephone H. P. 1985 LER BRUSH M A N PAGE