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gear in descending the other side. And, best or all, he pointed
out the grease fittings and other points of lubrication.
During our visit
we were inoculated with typhoid and
para~
typhoid serum, by 1L's father who is a medical doctor. an a camp
trip such as we proposed, one could not always be sure of the
pureness of the drinking water.
The return trip to Allentown did not take as long as our
outbound one, but 1 can say that it was made with more confidence.
due to the very heavy
It really
to drive slowly
was necessary
load of equipment and boxes which we carried.
In fact the rear end hung so low that there was not space
enough to put on a set of tire chains. so the car went back to
the shop to have a five-sixteenth inch thick full length lea: put
in each rear spring.
A month had passed since we stored our furniture and the day
of the start of our wayfaring. The preparation seemed to take so
long.
Thursday, Oct 5 1932.
All set to go. Speedometer read 25044. I can not say that we
were so eager to he on our way. There was a hard down pour of
rain and it had been raining all night. And, too, with only 500
miles of driving experience, we were starting on a 20000 mile
journey.
here we go headed for Pottstown. About IO miles south of
Allentown we took the wrong road and went about five miles out or
our way until we discovered our error and corrected it. Then came
Pottstown and West Chester. :1. burst into song, poking me in the
ribs until I was forced to join.5ere we were singing at the top
of our lungs while driving thru this awful down pcur of rain.
These roads were nacaddam with a high crown which caused us
trouble in steering. We thought that our steering had gotten
loose.
Running thru wilmi gton, 1321., the rain lessened to a
drizzle, which we didxhotice much on account of the traffic. To
get thru traffic at this stage of our driving. took the efforts
of both. Then out on the Dupont highway and found that it was not
hard to steer on a smooth pavement. The clouds were breaking up
and it stopped raining before we drove out of Delaware. Soon came
sunshine. What a welcome sight.
Drove thru Baltimore, Md., just at the time when the people
were leaving heir offices for home. The town's very narrow
streets and s overflow of cars helped to give us a lesson in
that kind of driving for which we were not grateful at the time.
Found a camp about 20 miles north of Washington. On the
drive the—drive into the camp grounds we had trouble keeping from
running over broken bottles and old tin cans. It was easy to de-
cide to stop here Just over night. So we did not set up our tent.
Prepared the car for sleeping and soon after dinner two weary
auto-campers went to bed. Trip 175 miles.
? 'dav Oct 7 .
Awok qu te early. While M. was preparing breakfast I folded

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