There were several routes to Lake Almanor, for instance.

One could get in by way of Chico, but the winter snow had not left the high summits, so that route was unfeasible for the time being.

The best way just now was by the way of Quincy, a little town up near the head of Feather River Canyon.

The fare was only seven or eight dollars, and since the season had opened one could get reduced rates for the round trip.

That was the way the friend of the peanut butcher had gone in--only he had stopped off at Keddie and had gone up to the dam with a fellow he knew that worked there.