Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-30
Start for Baltimore.

Our odometer at this point registered
| 34.s miles. We had been just six hours
covering those few miles. Crossing the
car tracks of the Washington. Baltimore
| and Annapolis line. We decided to head
for Baltimore. via the Baltimore-An-
napolis boulevard and at least get
good supper. At 36.1 miles we came
to crossroads, where we stopped long
stone monument at the side Of the road
by the aid Of the headlights of the
machine. The inscription read as fol-
lows: This stone marks the Old Stage
ington travelled when on his way to An
napolis to resign his commission. as
commander-in-chief Of the American
forces. 20 December, 1888" The stone
tablet, which read as follows: This
tablet is here placed by the Ann Arundel
Chapter of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, rs September, 1915"
This place is known as Cross Roads,
and turning to the left we headed for
the town of Glenburnie, situated di-
rectly on the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, and
where we knew we would find good
macadam roadway the remainder of our
all-night trip. 1t was getting late and
after crossing bridge at 37.6 miles we
pulled a steep grade and were making
good time when we ran into a red
| light in the center Of the road with a
blockade just in the rear. We came
across this at Al miles, and after de-
touring through adjoining farm
came out again at ALA miles.
At 11:22 o'clock we pulled into the
| town Of Glenburnie. Crossing the rail-
road tracks at this point we kept
straight ahead for Baltimore. The road
to the right leads to Annapolis and is
macadamized the entire distance. Pass
ing through the village Of Brooklyn
at 49.6 miles we continued straight
ahead over the Hanover street bridge,
landing in Baltimore at the far end at
sos miles, 1t was well after midnight
and everybody in the party almost COM
pletely exhausted as result of the
strenuous trip of the e4rly evening 1t
fifty-mile trip to the Monumental city
from the National Capital.
After enjoying midnight supper we
took rest and later started for homo
via the Baltimore Washington boule-
ward. We had been fortunate for
few hours in having clear weather, but
we had hardly started over the boule-
ward when we encountered another
practically the remainder of the run
home. This retarded our running time
considerably, and as we had been so
fortunate up to this time not to meet
with disaster. we decided it would be
far better to proceed slowly rather than
skid off the slippery road into ditch
or telegraph pole. Just before start
ing the last leg of the journey a change
was made in the drivers in order to
give everybody a chance to rest up
bit.
Finally the National Capital doomed
into view, but when it did it was in the
wee sma' hours and everybody, with a
Few exceptions, was in the land of nod
And that's where every member of the
party wishes he had been. But as all
had gone well, no accidents had occurred
and no one felt any the worse for their
experience, congratulations were in
order. The Haynes stood the trip re-
markably well, Notwithstanding the fact
that for miles and miles it was neces-
sary to use low speed in order to get
through the deep mud. which frequently
covered the axles. The car was spat-
tered with mud from stem to stern,
and there was hardly an inch that was
not hidden beneath the mud and clay
from Prince Georges and Anne Arundel
counties. AS stated before. this trip is
not intended for a pleasure trip for mo-
torists and any one who takes it might
meet with the same fate and not come
through as lucky as did our run There
are lots of people who think that trail
blazing is Joy ride" but this trip
Will soon convince them that it is far
from being one. The writer has covered
many thousands of miles of roads, but
the Fredericksburg road through Chopa-
wamsic swamp. below Dumfries. is a
boulevard compared with the roads
which we encountered on the trip just
described. We hope that some day we
win be able to ride over a fine state
highway through this section, and then
We will advise the motoring public of
that fact.
The itinerary of the trip was as fol-