Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-05
ONE OF PARTY
Writes Interestingly Of Recent
Trip To The SeashOre.

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sleeper at 6 p. m not making any
change then until we reached Old
Point. While in Louisville we went
to see friends. spending a very en-.
joyable afternoon. Some Of US rode
over the city in an automobile going
into our Orphans Home.
We left Louisville at 6 p. m,
travelling some distance along the
banks of the Ohio River. We passed
Lakeland Asylum. a beautiful place
between Louisville and Frankfort.
We saw very little Of our state CAPT.
toll as it was about eight o'clock when
we passed through. We reached
Lexington in the beautiful blue grass
region about 9 D. m. One of the
ladies had troubles of her own, first
tripping drummer and frightening
him so he left the car Immediately
and secured a berth in another car
and sending a porter in our car for
his baggage. We saw nothing more
of him until the next morning when
he came in looking for his suit case.
He seemed TO be in great distress,
said he had lost his suitcase and tick
ct He later found them and went
on his way rejoicing.
We retired about 10 o'clock going
to sleep in Kentucky and awoke in
West Virginia, in the beautiful ALE
ghanies The time changed some
time during the night, so we ran our
watches up one hour the next morn
ing. We travelled along New River
for quite distance, reached Pence
Springs. W. Va. a quiet. homelike
resort situated in the Greenbrier
Valley, at an elevation of IT'S feet.
about 1880 a. m.
We passed from West Virginia in
/ to Old Virginia. through the Big
Bend tunnel, which is about one and
a qual ter miles in length. | think
the most beautiful scenery was in
the Shenandoah and Piedmont Val
leys seen from the top of the Blue
Ridge mountains which are about
5000 #. above sea level. Judge
Bush after having seen II, 900 noun
tains, was anxious to see the ocean
he said. We reached Old Point
about 600 p. m, Saturday, being a
little fatigued but in good spirits.
We went Immediately to the Sher.
wood Inn, where we secured rooms
for the night. After supper we
walked down to the wharf to see the
boats. Returning to the hotel we
wrote a few post cards and then re
tired early in order to be ready to
start out early the next morning
We went to Ocean View where a
number of the party spent an hour
or two in the water, learning to swim
in the ocean.
Leaving Old Point on a boat we
travelled about five miles, landing on
a peninsula which is about eight
miles long. Here we took car for
Ocean View. We reached Old Point
Sunday afternoon just in time to get
supper and catch the boat for Wash
ing;on. d. &. We got on the South
land about p. m sailing up the
Chesapeake Bay into the Potomac
River, reaching Washington about
II a. m. Monday. After getting
breakfast we started out sightsee
ing We took a touring car which
carried US around the city. stopping
at the most important places. We
visited the White House, the Capitol
Smithsonian Institute. the National
Museum and the Congressional LII.
brary. We went to Mt. Vernon on
car. This is a beautiful place sit.
uated uPon hill overlooking the
Potomac. When we left Washing,
ton all agreed they had seen more
than they had ever before seen in
the same length of time.
We reached Old Point Tuesday
morning. After getting breakfast
we left for Norfolk. There oul
party separated. part going from
| Norfolk to Virginia Beach, back e
Old Point that afternoon and L
Richmond Tuesday night. Left
Richmond Wednesday afternoon fol
kentucky.
j. M. Adams.
P.S. Sunday morning we wen
over Fort Monroe going into tn,
room Davis was in during his i'm
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