Lillian Gest

Lake. Bear on trail Those in front see him Travel fast with lots of canters. Camp on flat near {above the line: 'Medicine'} Lake, getting in at 2:15. Try to fish but lake is too shallow near shore. Quite tired. Horseshoe quoits on camp ground. After supper seven of us + Jim go to fish in Jacques Lake Riding Patches. Caroline camped there before + thought it would take about a half hour. Instead it took 1 1/2 hrs. Passed 4 lakes

+ asked each time "Is this it?" Saw a large buck on shore. Finally reached lake about 8:45 It was shallow all around the edge with timber so that it was hard to cast. Fish were jumping in the center about two every half minute. Tried wading out into lake but water was too

cold to cast more than twice but I could get my fly to within 10 feet of them. Rode home in pitch darkness. Couldnt see the horse in front at all [dash] Got in at 11:30 pm [dash] Grouchy + fix beds in Tenement Cocoa, biscuits + honey. Tired to death + bed. Sleep very well. Sun 26 [dash] Start about 9:45 pm on good trail along lake, then down

Maligne River. Strike wide road + go in pairs. Wagon road not auto. Good gallops. Met a party coming from Jasper. Camp near Maligne Canyon. Ride down + look at Canyon. Madelaine + I walk down quite a distance expecting others to follow. Take pictures. Other ride fork to camp without us leaving

our horses. We had a "strawberry crush" a strange drink bought chocolate bars, + rode back to camp. Camp is near the river + tepee, tenement + [chrise?] boxes are near together + form a little circle facing one another. Sun is very warm + it looks as if we would have a warm night. Curley Phillips + wife came up to visit [dash] Florence goes in to Lodge to spend the night with friends

Mon 27. All ride into Jasper Stop at Lodge {caret: "see bear up tree"} swim [hyphen] ming pool there. See one of the rooms. in cabin with other rooms. Meet Bert Wilkins, Dick Dickerson, cook + very dressy, + Rufus Neigh [hyphen] bor. near station. Leave horses in their corral. Neighbor has little boy of six who rides with chaps. Cutest thing you ever saw. Went to Bert's house + met Mrs. Wilkins, also Rick. Go to Chinks for lunch.

sit in little stalls like Flag shop at college. Afterwards we shopped camera films etc. Tie {above the line: "Mackinaw $7.50} + rubber bag. Ate ice cream + sundaes. Meet at Bert's house [dash] then go saddle horses + ride back, the 3 men + little boy coming back with us for dinner [dash] [Curse?] Tues 28 Up early + go to Jasper in truck. sitting on back with Marg + Busty. Meet [illegible] + niese Ellen on streets. of Jasper. Train is two hours late. Wait around station bolstered up with ice cream cones.

Leave 11:20. Jasper runs on Pacific time but we keep our own Mt. time. Arrive about two at Robson plat[hyphen] form + lunch at cabin down the hill belonging to Hargraves. My new horse is called Baby Beauty + used to be a race horse but is old ride of 18 miles so they say to Mt Robson but it doesnt seem so. Stop at 8 miles at cabin at [Kinney?] Lake. Trail

leads through [fronded?] {caret: '(?)} cedarr forest near Kinney Lake. Ford near Kinney Lake + the guide "Don" has a bucking horse which [sends?] him off in the water. Big hill afterwards + we walked up. Passed through valley of a Thousand Falls + past Emperor Falls [dash] Cabins are past Berg Lake + between it + Adolphus Get in near seven o'clock Cabins hold ten in five rooms. double decker beds. Room with Busty Dinner in cabin above + sit at night in

a buckskin colored tepee + sing [dash] Wed 29. Ride to Moose Pass past Adolphus Lake + on. then turning to right. Busty is riding a mare with a colt trotting beside her. Horses are all slow + obstinate Ride up Pass. see deer + photograph it. Lunch near pass + climb afterwards up shoulder to right Going slow + not stopping I got to ridge first but came back. Others went