| Show I f pr i I 1 Y I Eye Ants Vi View N DY Dr JAO MAO MAa ts Ad As th this thin is U being pawed flawed oft out the typewriter we wn have ve consi considered red I given up tip taking a trip to the coast rout I Ifor for tor There doesn't dOl seem to be any topical way war ay to Ret get there We had considered a n pack trip tripon on horseback back but had to give Rive it up In the first t place My Lady Indy Fair Faira Is h no ao skinny nobody would rent us a n saddle because the leather would be scratched And we couldn't round up enough pack puck animals animal to 10 carry all H the tho stuff Fluff she ebe always wants wanta to pack even on an overnight trip Some experts doubted that we could make the round trip In a at ax t x jek ek en on horseback anyhow I I dont don't see aee why not The Pony i I Express riders rider did It and shot ahot Indiana Indians on the side aide We do not I Intend to shoot any Indiana Indians Incidentally If you ou are an Indian In 1 dean dian you ou need not duck due when we oo go by Friends advised against walk walk- Ing lug Quite a fur tur piece And hitchhiking hitch hiking biking Is la variable Last time we tried that a dozen doten truckers and salesmen stopped looked us over and said laid Ill take her but not him Finally I J let her ber go She stayed a week wook and came back and andI I J was still standing there surrounded sur aur rounded by empty pork and bean cans cane and candy wrappers There was waa some lome talk about going b by water In fact we could go 90 either direction by bywater bywater bywater water and come o out oLt t some place piau We stated hacking out one of our railroad ties for a canoe canGO but It leaked even before It was Wit finished We have a canvas boat but were we're using It to keep warm nights Quite a lot of or open water Is la closed to traffic during winter we learned There are a lot of portages port ages but is not strong enough really to lug the tho stuff she always takes over a moun taro tain And neither of us ua has had much experience in white water Rut But wed we'd have tried it It If we could have got a boat After all aU some of the explorers took k squaws I along Covered wagon wagon Everything war arra toed even eve to the pall line an k kette tte hanging beneath a stack of cow to burn two sticks to to rub together to start fires a hound dog two h and two oxen But we couldn't get a cow to tie behind We could have bou bout bought one but we only wanted her for a v week eek No rentals rental Yes Yea yes I know We t could uld fly ny Dut But MIF Insists f she ho wont won't fly ny unless Bhe be can drag one toot foot If we had been en Intended to fly ny we would have been born with wings she says pays She does doce not believe either that those glass bodies on errs cers are here to stay Drive a car carf Dont Don't be alii silly The minute we take that car across the state tate line the dealer the banker and the will willbe willbe willbe be there with sirens Iren screaming And besides suppose we get caught In a blizzard on Donner Pass Pall with nobody to eat There remains the train Rut But ut we found out they r reserve Serve the caboose for tor stock shippers And we Just cant can't lug a sack of coal Into one of those other empty cars care along with the in in- we should take Well well we'll wherever we are I be thinking of f all you nice people who read this thle news news- i paper A HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all the SAPs SAP A MERRY I CHRISTMAS to everybody from Mac Mac and Louise Louisa |
