ground there and each meal was something of an ordeal to keep conversation going. The highlight of the trip was the fact that in the hat designing contest I won first prize see pic of the famous chapeau. They provided crepe paper and yarn in various colors and scotch tape, staples, scissors etc. and we all took what we wanted and made up something. Mine was symbolic of Alaska with green forests, white snowfields, trading beads, etc. and a totem pole in front. I told them that it was designed by Princess Lily of the Dashe tribe and that after her local success she went on to New York to seek her fortune and found it under the name of Lily Dashe' so the little story added to it. Anyway I was quite setup by this foray into feminine activities and I got a lot of compliments on the hat.

On the way from Skagway to Vancouver we stopped for several hours each in Juneau and Ketchikan and took tours in each city. The inside passage is interesting but it was overcast and foggy most of the time so not as pretty as it would have been in the sunshine. I arrived in Vancouver and got situated in my hotel and then went down and did an evening TV tapping on Canadian Broadcasting which went over well and I hope we caught some of the local girls. Next day I managed to take in a couple of sightseeing tours of the city and must say that if I was going to leave L.A. of all the cities I've seen I'd move to Vancouver. It pretty nearly has everything and is beautiful besides. I had time in the late afternoon to make contact with a local magazine distributor and worked out a deal with him so if we don't have customs trouble we'll have distribution in western Canada, which will find a lot of us. Three of the local girls came to my hotel room that night including Betty (pics on page 61) and her very nice and understanding girl friend so we had a good visit.

Next day another of the local readers came to get me at the hotel and drove me to the bus station with a little sight seeing of the north shore on the way which was appreciated. Took the bus downtown which drove out to the ferry dock and bus and everything went over to Vancouver Island and then drove about 30 miles into Victoria. Got settled in my hotel and then was picked up by a pyschiatrist friend whom I'd met in Hawaii at the convention 3 years ago. Who kindly took me on a little sightseeing tour of the Victoria area and then to his home for a nice dinner. In the evening he had arranged for 4 of his

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