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wasn't much to see going through the desert
country especially Arizona, New Mexico & Texas. It
commenced to look a little better when we hit
Oklahoma. We stopped a while in Oklahoma
City but is was about midnight when we
pulled in and never got to see much. From
Oklahoma we went into Arkansas which
is a very pretty state. Lots of timber & every
thing green. We stopped in Little Rock & it
was quite a big town itself. We sure see
lots of negroes down here through these
states & old time houses. We sure soused
a guy in Booneville Ark. for trying to
soak us a nickel apiece for doughnuts. We
ruined nearly everything he had such as
pies, cigars etc. He sure beat it in a
hurry. We gave a couple of coons some more
in Little Rock for the same reason. From
Little Rock we went on into Memphis Tenn.
and we were met at the station by the Red
Cross and they gave us all kind of eats. Got
a good view of the Mississippi River just
as we pulled into Memphis. She must be
at least a mile wide. We crossed through
the upper end of Mississippi, Alabama, &
Georgia. There is a town about every
mile through here. Stopped at a Chattanooga
and had a little parade and it sure
was a hot hole. From there we went on