Dad's Diary June 5

1934 - Watched H. G. and the boys ride after supper. Won 25 in the rummy game tonite. 88 men in camp.

1935 - Got my check and went with Robie's to agency and Beaver via Simnasho. Mildred is sick in bed.

1936 - Got rained on this afternoon. Am getting the Oregonian again. Kay took the horses to the river. (I'm kind of addicted to reading, come by it naturally* - m)

1937 - Saturday but I had to work. Got a haircut at Leonards' place this evening. Took a shower.

1938 - Smiths came over in AM. Charley and Jessie came in the PM. We caught several fish and saw salmon in the river.

*Note: Mom was stationed on Shitike Butte fire lookout, alongside the Cascades on the reservation, for most of my summers from my age 6 to 16, when I went to work. Dad was the Fire Control Officer so he stayed back in Warm Springs, about 20 miles away. Since Mom couldn't drive, we usually just stayed up on the lookout all summer long. Dad would come to visit us when there was no threat of fire. He ALWAYS brought books and magazines and tested us after we had time to read them. Read, read, read! Mavis
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June 4, 2009

We took the HOG to Madras for lunch at Mazatlan. The grilled chicken salad is the best there! Then we went over to the DQ for ice cream. The weather was very nice - shirt sleeve weather, maybe mid-70's. We had a great ride. I noticed that the snow is off Black Butte and Lionshead - time to plant!

I had a meeting to go to, so we were home by 2 PM. About one-half hour after we arrived home, a huge storm struck! We had no idea it was coming! I could hear the wind chines blasting away. I looked outside and the rain was pelting down sideways. I went out to call Puff and here she came, running so fast she ran right past the door! I called her and she came tearing back right into the house, down the hallway and into the bathroom in the back of the house - the only room that doesn't have windows! The plastic swimming pool, for the dogs, went flying away. There was lightning and thunder - it all lasted for about 1/2 hour. There might have been a witch riding her bicycle as well! My daughter in Terrebonne reported that they had hail which knocked down her tomato plants. For some reason, the hail in the central Oregon region can be treacherous to the crops. It's wiped out farmers' crops more than once. The Warm Springs area does not usually get hail like that.