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A.A. Yep
B.P. Would you permit us to enter it just see the sights for any consideration. We will be willing to ------------
A.A. Nop. D--- d if Ill[sic] let any one go in there. Get up there Bob (to horses)
B.P. Thank you ever so much
We decided we really didn't want to go in there any way and that there was lots better places anyway we did not go. We retraced our steps and the roads were horribly hilly little bits of hills right close

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together. We finally got on the road to Anselmo. We went through hills without seeing a house for about 5 miles. It began to drizzle and we hurried along. It stopped and we went on and got insight of Anselmo. We saw it would rain again so we put up our own tent just north of Weander Bars stopped and stayed there to dinner. In P.M. we left Anselmo and went up to 6 miles north of Merna and camped in a deep canyon. Were afraid it would rain but all of us except Fred slept out doors a

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little higher up on the hill. In the morning it began raining about 2 o'clock. I waked up first and then woke the boys and we took our wet blankets and rolled up inside where the slough grass was a foot high and real damp. there

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created: September 23, 2003 by Karen Keehr
up-dated: September 23, 2003