Longhurst 1939 Itinerary July 5 Columbia R., at mouth of Deschutes R. sagebrush about 150 ft. from the R. Last night - at least the latter part- was rather warm and cloudy. July 6 Brooks Mdw., 4300 ft., 9 mi ENE Mt. Hood, Hood River Co., Ore. Camp was broken at the mouth of the Deschutes R. about 12:30. We traveled down the Columbia R. to the Dalles, where we stopped for lunch and supplies. After leaving the Dalles we went on down the Columbia to the town of Hood River where we stopped briefly for gas and water. We then turned up the Hood R. through the Hood R. Valley to the Parkdale ranger station where Johnson inquired about a camping place. From the Parkdale station we continued on E. fork of the Hood R. to the Bottle Prairie road where we turned E and drove the to Brooks Mdw. At, Mdw. we made camp in the guard station house which the ranger at Parkdale had been kind enough to give us permission to use. Around the Dalles the open sagebrush covered hills of the Columbian Plateau began to give way to forest, and a few mi. N of the Dalles a typical