Rex Trulove
This is the building that was built to house the school and recreation rooms. It is quite a bit bigger than it looks and is a two-story structure. The school was upstairs and the rec-rooms were downstairs. This picture was taken in 1967 and that dish antenna is an 8-foot dish.
The rec-rooms were used primarily to welcome a new park employee or to bid farewell to one who was moving away, usually to another park. When that happened, a potluck banquet was generally held in the rec-rooms, with all of the families contributing to the feast.
The log that can be seen on the ground was a standing hemlock tree when we first started using the school. It was immense and the log has a diameter of a little more than six feet. It was cut down for safety reasons since they were concerned about it falling over and squishing one of us kids. I don’t think it would have as it was very healthy, but it provided additional “playground equipment”. We played on that log about as much as we used the swing that is in the picture.
Behind this building, through the trees, the cliff faces of Garfield Peak can be seen. My brother used to love free-climbing that cliff and the top of it is at the backside of the Crater Lake Lodge, up at the rim…about three miles by road from where this picture was taken.
