Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-07-06
HAVE REACHED CALIFORNIA.

y. W. Hoffman and his rarty have
safely made the trip from Shepherds
Town 10 California in their automobile.
and ne wri eS us an interesting letter
from sacramento concerning the Jour
nsy. His letter is dated June SO,,
ana he writes:
We have reached the beautiful CITY
OF Sacramento, the capital of Cali
iornia. We arrived here June 2Sth,
after having travelled 1880 miles in
our au omohile since leaving Shep-
herdstown May ilth. We had fine luck
all the way through-not as much
as one little puncture, though little
FORD roadster tried to knock us Oft
the road one day. He SCARED one
fender UP some for us, but, poor fell
low, don't know how much harm he
did TO his own car, for after he stopped
ne couldn't turn wheel, so | pulled
him about four miles and left him at a
garage to be fixed up.
Well, this was a flne trip through
out. We found the road very good
all the way, except those in the Rrst
part Of our trip, owing to the heavy
rains, were rather bad; and then the
roads in the State Of Nevada most Of
the time were awful. We would 20
Tor miles where the roads were just
one bump after another. Very often,
we could only travel Ave miles an hour.
But we got through all right. After
passing through Reno and Carson City
we started UP an eleven-mile grade
UP the Sierra mountain. We lust took
out our high gear-wc didn't need il:
second gear was plenty high enough.
We saw all makes OF cars setting along
the roadside cooling off, but the only
time the old Franklin stopped was
while we got out TO eat snow and make
snowballs, for We passed over about
four miles of road where there were
snowdrifts
he roads going UP the mountains
and coming down were very narrow
in places, with one short curve after
another. The beautiful scenery look
ing down In the valley was past de-
scribing, and the water rushing down
the high rocks on the roadsides was
very cool and refreshing. After reach
ing the summit we came down BY the
shores Of Lake Tahoe and followed
| along the banks Of the American river
most OF the time.
We passed through eleven States and
man" large cities. The traffic was
great, but we never had one bit of
trouble in getting through. We stay
ed UP in the mountain for few DAYS
at summer resort called Whitehall,
as it was as warm in the valley. We
find II very pleasant here, and have
to sleep under blankets at night. We
expect to be here for several weeks.
Please send the Register to Sacra-
mento. We have received the paper
each week, and surely have enjoyed
getting the home news. We are all
feeling fine over our trip and now ex-
pect to take in the State of California.
Writing from winnemucca, Nevada,
under date Of June 25th, Mr. Hoffman
said: I'VE are nearing the State OF
California and expect to reach there by
the 9th. We have gotten along so far
on our trip without a bit OF trouble,
but for the last few days we have had
some rough roads-just one thanky-
ma'am after another. Some OF the roads
are too narrow to pass another car
and II is UP to one or the other to get
off. Today we met ca n one OF
these places, SO we had o get down.
II looked as II we would turn over.
hut we got down all right by four per-
sons standing on the running board TO
keep il from upsctting while was at
the wheel. There's one thing about
this trip-you can eat your own dust,
for il is so dusty in places over the
desert and plains that you can't get
away from it. We expect TO be in
Sacramento for little while, so please
send the Register OF this week to US
there We have passed through some
pretty mountain scenery and canyons.
and have seen lots of snow on the
mountains in the distance. D