Lillian Gest

for two weeks with Wiffie Lewis + starts Sunday

to Chateau. Bigger + uglier since the fire. Baths. All have double rooms to self, first floor [dash] lake front. mine no. 145. Pictures came + are good. Jim + Max here in evening. also meet Mr. Drake + son + Mr. Hall who weighs 225 (poor Greenwood) There is too much snow to climb Victoria but Rudolph will take Ellen + Marg up Aberdeen tomorrow

Ellen is riding Blue Robin. Ride down to Pipestone + lunch at camp at meadows 9 miles from Louise where Mr. Drake who starts hunting tomorrow with Jim will camp first night. Much riding of horses at lunch. Leave everything but duffle there + go on to Louise. Come in right at stations wait for pack train + there trot + canter

night all our beds were tied + sewed up Ellen Marg + I discovered it + didnt let on so Caty + Tunny thought they did it + I was in on it. Barbara confessed this {illegible} she + Jim did it. The tepee also was on fire + all but me turned out in pajamas to snowball it. Most of the men were in the bushes watching. Jim rolled every one over in bed this morning but me who begged off.

except me took bath. Wiffie Lewis came out with Jim [dash] also mail Large fire of {caret: 'two'} 50 ft trees at night [dash] the others read their play which was a take off of the Tenement. Florence wrote it. Cocoa + flashlight picture about the cook tent. Thurs 27 Sick. fresh fruit + corn last night was too much for me. Couldnt eat breakfast + put some supper in the woods early. Last

something like that to climb it in 1894 (?) Our climb was up a grassy deep slope Burnt timber but not very thick to ridge. Above that shale for half an hour + then you were up. Molar looks impossible, straight pinacles of rock Jim said the second peak of Molar would be climbed from the back but it looked impossible. Came home for late lunch [althou?] we took sandwiches. Afternoon, tenement

11,000 impossible for us to [our right?]. Wed 26. A sparkling day + Caroline, Marg S. + I with Barbara + Madelaine half way {caret: 'led by Charlie'} climb the shoulder of Molar. a gorgeous view of the trail we just came over. Baker Pass + Ptarmigan. + all the ruts around Louise Very cold + windy. Hector across the Molar Creek Draw. some mountain It took. [Abbo.t?] Thompson + Fay 12 hours or

creek where Jim says we would surely get big ones but it is too dark to go Sleep in Tenement with fire in front which is delightful Tues 25. Ride up Mosquito Creek to [Molar?] Pass It is a draw to left on north [sask?]. Cold + snowy. Bleak on pass but interesting. Snows + place looks barren. Strange camp in on other side + lovely pictures but my [Kodak?] is empty. Camp on Molar Creek above willows on creek. Marguerite + I go

Mosquito Creek. Cabin there + we camp below. I went fishing with Jim's line, a hook + a bit of zephyr for a fly. Caught a grayling, first I ever saw, just where the creek comes into the Bow. Return to warm up as I am cold + wet + find Max Brooks has brought us mail [dash] Letters from family + others. Fish in evening [b.t?] after a late supper it is too dark. There is a camp on 10 min's up the

[Jimmy?], Harry Knights dog has joined us. He was with Simpson. The [Lake?] is lovely + I should like to camp there some time Trail right on edge of lake. It is [fr...ding?] in the snow + the scenery is lovely with the new, white snow. Tenement rides in front contesting for 1st place + we have a lovely time Down the Bow with Temple Mt right before us. as far as