Sure. How about some of the early drawings, did you have something to do with the design of the drawing?
I seemed like I remember working on some sketches from Merel Sager down in the ’20s, in the early days down in Sequoia. I’m not too sure; I did so much of that stuff for him. I did not make the working drawings on Sinnott memorial. I do think that the Sinnott Memorial, after 50 years by those fellows and the engineers who selected the site and agreed on it and the method of construction, is very unusual and literally almost defies the existence of such a building on such a precarious site. A lot of people do not realize how that structure is located. As I recall there is a heavy outcropping on that particular site on which the Sinnott Memorial was constructed. I think it’s one of the most unusual types of a building in the Park Service with such a dominant view of that beautiful lake, where literally one can almost reach out and touch the lake through the close vision that you get by having such a favorable location. I think it is a very unusual building and most people do not conceive of where they are actually standing on the brim of a lovely lake site, that’s all I’m saying. I think it’s remarkable. Hell, now days they’d have to drill holes and make seismic tests and they’d have to blast 50 miles down the road and look for a vent down here and a vent in Union Creek before somebody could say, “Yeah, go ahead.” I’ll bet right now they couldn’t get together no building the darn thing. They’d fight. In those days they didn’t have that. Now you got all this analysis. They never would have built that building today. They would have had to have some specialist from Chicago come out, you know, if you know what I mean. They just used common sense and I think their common sense sometimes far exceeds all this brilliant profession. I think you need professional help, always. But sometimes common sense has to weigh between right and wrong. That’s about enough of that. I think it’s an unusual building. I really do. I think it’s the most unusual building up there. The administration building is secondary, peanuts. The men’s washroom, peanuts. The lodge, they should have torn that down 50 years ago and forgot about it! They tried all of a sudden to create a valuable historical accent, damn fire hazard! That’s all it is! And they stay up all night and write reports year in and year out, somebody writes a report. Another day they’ll write reports on 1900, I mean the year 2000. Some guy, maybe you’ll get to take part in it. That’s enough of that crap.
