Travel Journal, 1955-1968

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hours while man took starter out, rewound & found spring to replace broken one. On our way thru Pt Arthur down to Sabine Pass where there were cabins. Cafe crowded to the doors with Beaumont school and others.

Wed 3-16 - Br. at place with oil workers playing slot machine - Floating oil rig off Sabine. Stopped at 1st place we could get to beach. Tinies. Lunch & afterwards found first violet snail! Quantities from then on to Gilchrist - Hshkg cabin. After dinner tried to get Hazel on phone from Dance Hall but no luck. Boiled snails. Got groceries. Only hot water was salt & in shower!

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Thurs. 3-17 - Drove down to Galveston where we got Son Comf etc. On beach found babys ears & more N.S lunch on beach. Back to more boiling. Prue called Perre.

Fri. 3-18 - Packed & left after br. stopping x times along the beach. Decided to pick up only the rarer varieties of v.s but some big ones weren't to be resisted. Pink tellins. Thru Pt. Arthur before oil plants let out. Stopped at the Pines at Orange. Fine dinner at Mexican Hat. Hot water on v.s & washed & cleaned in johnny. Nice Serv Sta man.

Sat. 3-19 - Stopped at Belmont for lunch of salad & gooey dessert. Drove over top of L. Ponch & stopped at Mandeville

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- azaleas - gulf architecture along lake front. Cliffs - quiet clean & modern. Dinner & walk along shore & thru Lake at about 9, a drunk couple moved in next room & talked & moved furniture till midnight. Prue tried in vain to rouse Cliff to give us another room. Rapped on wall for quiet & they finally passed out so we slept.

Sun. 3-20 - What a day! Left early & noisily driving around town to see lovely homes & on to Gulf drive. Janie's starter bad again. Got pushed off after several refusals & found man at Pass Christian who got it running until we could get a new starter in Gulfport. Stopped there & found there was no one who handled

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Austin parts, so on and on through Mobile to west of Pensa. Stopped at Court Florida. Had SC & nap. When wwe started out for a good dinner Janie was dead again! Walked to a little joint & had sandwiches & milk. Boy from Winston Salem at Ser Sta across road got bolt tightened & told us of place in town that might fix it. Prue phoned Pappy. ( Spray over road after Mobile)

Mon. 3-21 - After much phoning, found battery man in Pensacola who really fixed starter- took all morn & rode to town with a man to get my glasses fixed & Prue picked me up there. To beach where we found more N.S.! Lunch at place

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with engrossing TV story that we will never know how it ended! Several stops along the white strand high wind and fine surf [Gulf?] vs. Panama City. Stopped at Trade Winds & dinner of sea food at 2nd place we went. Thunderstorm in night that I slept through. Wind changed. East Pass

Tues. 3-22 - Left before breakfast after walk on beach - beautiful surf that brought in one V.S. & laid at Prue's feet. Inland at Pan City, thru Tallahassee & into Ga. Lunch just before in high winds under fine live oak. Stopped for night S. of Waycross. Decided to save swamp trip for next time.

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