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Tuesdav 0c 8
Southbound to 1) ie Union,Ga.,a tiny village 1?. miles north
of Wayoross. Passed s pecan grove during the gathering season.
They had ct roadside stand where we bought some at thirty cents a
pound. We thought this a very high price. The nuts were very good
but could not be cracked between the thumb and fingers.
We passed many cattle that were roaming freely on the high-
way, and it was well for us that we did. for we heard that if one
hit a forty dollar cow with the car it would cost eighty to
settle. I believe that they pasture their cattle on the sides of
the public highway as a matter of good husiness.l'hey did keep the
weeds down. Since the cattle were continually Suing from one side
at the road to the other, often we had to come to a full stop to
avoid tangllng with one of these animals.
A safety rule was forced upon us today at the first railroad
grade crossing where we merely slowed down, but did not stop as
the Sign warned. The rails stuck so far above the surface of the
road that we got an awful hard jolt. This decided for us to come
to a full stop before crossing any railroad grade crossings. In
fact 1511 thru Georgia it was gnod policy to stop, look, listen,
then go if you could find a way over.
Found a cam site in s very pretty pine grove just off the
main highway- Trip 158 miles.
Wednesda Oct 19 and muscle 0c .
pon at g the r rst morn g in Dune Union, I saw that I
had a. job on my hands. The right rear tire was flat. After break-
fast I started wrestling with that tire
first attempt
and rim. My
at fixing a flat. The wheel and rim was of the period of 1925. I
finally got it all apart, patched the tube and even had more
difficulty getting it assembled aga‘n. M. helped with the pumn.
she had to help for l was just about exhausted. The yatéh stuck
and we had no tire trouble after this during the next several
thousand milel.
Gut company, a young eougle who were on their way to Florida.
We saw much of the lady but her husband seemed to have a lot or
fun driving a team of mules for a near by farmer. She showed us
how to remove feathers from a. chicken without scalding. Directly
after killing just pull out the feathers. They pull out easily.
We tried this later and it worked well. Chicken at this place was
thirty cents each.
While mentioning food,I might say that we had been camping
new two weeks and really alarmed at our large appetites. The food
at each meal tasted like it does at the old fashionEd picnic
lunch in the grove. We ask each other when would our appetites
return to normal.
" da Oct 21.
stonped at Waycross to shop then continued on to Jackson-
ville, Fla. ,whez'e we Went direct to the post office to get our
mail. We had set this date and place a week previously. Now to
enjoy all these letters. Drove on to Saint Augustine.
All the way from southern Virginia. to Jacksonville there

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