2 but my picturesque D rawing? duties call I must obey. We will sleep aboard the steamer tonight be in Vancouver the terminus
of the Canadian R.R. tomorrow morning I have after learning what I can of the forests scenery etc of Vurrand Inlet. Will cross
over to the Fraser River for a day or two may go a few hundred miles up the Canadian railroad among the best scenery. Thence
returning to Victoria go to Seattle thence back to Tacoma to get into the woods among the Glaciers of Mt. Ranier. May then
go up the Columbia. thence home stopping a week on the way to visit the famous Crater Lake. How long all this will take will
depend on how well we endure the fatigue how well our money lasts. 9172 00207 letterhead Keith is much better but
still far from well I fear the hardships of camping tramping will be more than he can bear Only by going alone in silence
without baggage can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness all other travel is more dust hotels baggage chatter.
Tacoma is finely situated commands a most illegible view of the great mountain the sail to Victoria is smooth pleasant. Were
it not for the long journey from S.F. you should all come up enjoy it but 800 miles of dust or ocean waves are hard to bear.