August 25th--Monday.
Visited the Petrified Forest  Up early, rode horse back 22 miles.  Reached Mammoth Hot Springs 1 PM.  Camped near the Power House. Swateys (Soldiers) came to call on us. We had fresh baked bread for dinner then drove via Tower Falls.  A beautiful road.  Went around the Fort late in the afternoon.  Got some ice cream and some more shopping.  Stayed at the Fort until Wednesday morning.

Recollections from Ollie Kurtz:
At Fishing Bridge, Sandy came to camp with a big fish that he had caught, he said.  But a few days later, we meet some more campers and they told us that their daughter caught the fish for him.

When we were camped at Mammoth Hot Springs, one of the horses stepped on a flat rock and as he was hobbled, he fell and rolled almost into the Power House before he stopped.  Dad had to help him off the rock.

There were some soldiers in the park and they came over to our camp to see the girls and ask them to go for a walk and look over the Park.  Of course we tried to tag along, but Mother stopped us from following them.

We saw a lot more of the Park traveling in wagons and on horses that no one else had ever seen.  One time we were all out walking and looking at the hot springs.  We had to cross a stream of water and there was a log instead of a bridge so we had to cross on the log.  When Maude was crossing, she fell in the water.  She jumped up and said, "I got my goose Proctor wet!"  (She had on high heel shoes).  That's the only time in my years I have ever heard that statement.  I still don't know what she meant, but she hit her back side.

When we were in he park, there were 2 men in a wagon that were friends of Maude's that camped close to us, but Maude stayed with us in our camp.  One of the men played the banjo and he played that thing all day long.