Who was the man that was the mechanic?
[From Jack] Doug Roach?
I don’t remember. Anyway he was very good. Of course all of the equipment as well as the trucks had to have proper care.
The bears were a problem for a while. They actually let them feed at the garbage dump (6). Then kind of discouraged that, and tried to get the bears a little further away. I remember when they got into Jean Steels house. Jean Steel was, do you remember.
[From Jack] She was Will Steel’s daughter.
Yes. They [bears] got into the Roach’s place or tried to get in there one time. Sadie and Doug Roach. We’ve seen them in Medford not too many years ago. I am trying to think of the man who was the naturalist. Oh, John Doerr. I don’t remember where he went. To Colorado, did he?
He went to Rocky Mountain then later he went to Olympic. His wife lives up at Port Angeles.
Yes, I think we contacted her several years back when we were up that way. People spread around a bit. The Fryes went to the East Coast. George and Helen. They are retired now of course. We hear from them, around Christmas time. We like Christmas letters because they keep us informed about what people are doing.
Crater Lake is special to all of us that have lived there. It is partly the place and partly the people and the memories and experiences. It all goes together to make up a part of our own lives. There are many beautiful places at Crater Lake. I mean you go up Garfield and get an over all view of the whole lake and the park. The Castle Crest (Wildflower Garden) where the flowers were in bloom in early spring. Little places like, the Lady of the Woods. That canyon where you were looking for the man that was lost (7). That is an interesting place to explore if you don’t have to, and to look at from above.
