half-obstructed

Updated: May 14, 2025

I was well up the left bank of the Cowlitz River; how far I could not tell, for there were no milestones on the crooked, half-obstructed trail leading downstream. At best it would be a race with the sun, but the days were long, and the twilight was long, and I would camp that much nearer home if I made haste. My pack had been discarded on the Sound. I had neither coat nor blanket.

Howard R. (Howard Roscoe) Driggs - Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail