Show lOG OF TRIP TO WASH N Members of Billings Part Party Relate First Hand Experiences of Their Tour OUTWARD OUT VOYAGE At eleven o'clock in the afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon of November 15 1931 the I tosea tosea to tosea good ship Page Graham put sea from the seaport town to of Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne bound for Washington D.C. D D.C. D. D C. C The crew consisted of Gee- Gee Vee Billings Skipper Grove Porter Porter Porter Por Por- ter first mate and bookkeeper Helen Maria Billings able bodied seaman and chief cook Sukie Porter Porter Porter Por Por- ter able bodied seaman and cooks cook's h helper Miss Lizzie able bodied seaman and third assistant assistant- cooks cook's helper and Bobbie Porter cabin boy First Day Duchesne to Rawlings Wyoming Out over the familiar gravel road to Heber thence through Wanship Co Coalville where funeral was in progress up to Evanston through Lyman historic old Fort Bridger directly north of Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne and climbed the high Wyoming Wyoming Wy Wy- oming plateau to Green River Reached Green River just as dusk was falling passed through Rock RockSprings RockSprings RockSprings Springs after dark and reached Rawlings about eight or nine nIpe at night Night cold stayed at Sunset Sunset Sunt Sun Sun- set t Cabin camp the skipper and first mate had Imd cabin ab n at the other end of camp Episode of the quarreling quarreling quarreling family Throw me my shoes or Ill I'll get the Sheriff Day mileage Second V to day Rawlings Wyo o I North Plate Nebraska Got up before day blizzard bUzzard snow blowing and wind howling started early to avoid storm if possible Ship passed to the tile north of Elk Mountain near Medicine Medicine Medicine Medi Medi- I cine Bow but invisible on account of storm Near Rock River passed passed passed pass pass- passi i ed out from under storm into sun sun- i light First mate complained of headache stopped in Laramie to administer coffee to ailing first mate Continued on past the State Stateline Stateline Stateline line into Colorado and on to Fort Collins Colllns Stopped at Mrs Porters Porter's mother of the mate shaved up had a wonderful dinner dropped dropped dropped drop drop- ped the cabin boy here That afternoon afternoon afternoon af af- af- af headed east across the rolling plains soon passing Pine Bluffs Crossed into Nebraska I ka Ita the longest state in the world Arrived at North Platte Mileage for the tile day Third da day North Platte to Atlantic Iowa Iown Left North Platte began to strike paved roads episode of the theman theman theman man who knew all about the road ahead including but Stopped at Columbus and ate lunch back of store in tourist camp hamburgers with either onions or pickles take your choice Skipper seasick on account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of eating onions Got off an wrong road first mate made inquiries of small boy turned back Continued on last page LOG OF TRIP TO WASHINGTON i Continued from page 1 and followed milk truck back to No 30 Episode of the husky damsel who rho insisted on going into Into into In in- to cabin with first mate causing anxiety to the cooks cook's helper much to merriment of third assistant cooks cook's helper Mileage for da day Fourth day Atlantic Iowa to Mendota 1 III In Left Atlantic and continued over rolling hills of Iowa past many fine farms with large homes and barns corn houses etc to Des Moines where the entire crew from the skipper down again again again a- a gain got their nose bags on at a regular table Excellent breakfast breakfast break break- fast served by Miss Lizzie's aunt Saw John Deere factory Government Government Government Govern Govern- ment watchman who didn't know what No 32 meant Through the Rock Island Arsenal and on thru the night to Mendota Ill Funny shaped cabins cooks cook's helper si sick k kas as hell hardy souls first mate and third assistant cooks helper took shower baths Look out for the freshly laid concrete locomotives moving about restlessly nearby all night very disturbing to residents residents residents resi resi- dents of the Uintah Basin Weare We Weare Weare are used to but not to locomotives Days Day's mileage NOTE We NOTE We will vill will publish the balance of this story of the trip in next weeks week's Issue |