Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-12-01
PARRISH FAMILY
WRITE OF TRIP
TO CALIFORNIA
They Enjoyed The Trip Very
: Much But Were Glad to Reach
the End of the Journey

The News office received the fol-
lowing letter from Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Parrish, who are now in San Jose,
here in August and made the trip by
automobile. They were accompanied
by their three children ON the trip.
/ Well here is the promised letter
about our trip and the country here.
We left Bara5Co August II, arriving
in Boscobel about IL O'Clock staying
over night with Franks mother. We
left there for Lancaster August Is
and got to Lancaster at 11:00 a. m.
We stayed all night with my sister
and mother and left there August 10
for Dubuque, Iowa, and got there some
where near 1900 o'clock. We found
the roads very muddy and bad and
were 1tnder construction in many
places. We got as far as Belle Plain,
Iowa, and camped near school mouse.
It was the first time we had had an
opportunity 4, use our camping out
fit and tents. That night was poor
night for resi- as everything was
strange. \ storm came up but we
were fortunate as o0r tents I'D Lot
leak az we had ple2 Y al % i4ing.
From there on we found roads very
good until we got into Nebraska and
there a great many roads were un-
der construction sc we had to detour
some. Crops looked fine, we saw some
of the incest corn and oceans Of mel
ons. Every farm house had sign up
MELONS for SALE" We got into Colo
RADIO Wednesday evening. 1t had been
raining slowly most all day and we
stayed in Denver two and half days
leaving there Saturday August q at II
o'clock. We camped by the side OF
the river and heard the coyotes yelp
for the first time. We arrived in Wyo-
ming August %. Drove all with
the beautiful mountains at our left.
No one could describe the beauty with
pen. We could see snow on some or
the mountains. We did not have to
go over any Of them, only the foot
hills Where we crossed the line be-
tween Colorado and Wyoming was
erected a big monument. Claude stop
ped the car on the line and he and
Frank were in Wyoming and Iyla,
Harry and I were in Colorado. The
roads were fine in Wyoming and we
drove for miles and miles and did not
see a house or stack of any kind. We
saw hundreds of prairie dogs. They're
about as large as a grey squirrel ana
sort Of dust color and seem quite
tame. We saw nice rivers and trout
streams and Harry caught trout
J about II inches long. We could drive
for miles and as far as the eye could
see there was nothing but sage brush.
You could smell it plainly just riding
along. We could see no human being
of anv kind and one would never know
that anyone had been that way along
the road. When we got as far as Ay-
man, Wyoming, we could begin to see
little patches Of what looked like grain
and see little shacks and some NICE
droves Of cattle and horses, fat as
L
Here we found some very bad roads
roads but went right through without
a bit of trouble and got into Utah and
here again we found good roads and
most beautiful country. we droVe
for miles long side of railroad track
which was sometimes above US ana
sometimes below and other times De-
side us. Some places we could LOOK
down for 900 feet or more. The ROAD
was very narrow. Most farmers mere
raise cattle and melons, all very nice
in flavor. Next came Salt Lake City;
I do believe the most beautiful city
I ever saw, so white and clean. water
running all the time on each s1de OF
the street or by the side of the walk.
We spent a half day there and went
TO COPPER mines but they are not work
ing now.
We left there Wednesday for Ne
vada Sunday at IL o'clock and went IN
to camp. This was a beautiful spot
right on the desert. We were 1893 miles
from Los Angeles when in Los wages
We left there Monday a. NJ. got INTO
Goffo, Calf. 4:30 p. m Sept. 9th. Coz
to Amboy, Calf. that night and talk
about punctures, we had 6 that DAY
Was SO tired when we got into AmDoy
we did not stop to put up tents. the
air is not damp through the dessert
country SO we put up our COTS an0
was so tired could of slept any Where
Well this Amboy sure is some place
right on the dessert not a tree no no.
even bush to be seen and no-sWater
They have to haul water for miles
and pay soc barrel for it and wheI
they drink it it's about as warm a
Devils lake water on hot day. Bu
they have the dessert fixed up now 81
that it's no trick to cross it. A turf
every few miles where you can ge
supplies that is if you have enough
money to pay for them. They sure az
hold you up, 45c for gas and 4Oc 10
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