The Beach family, Charles, Doretta, Lela and Claude, set out from Cornwall, Ontario on October 18, 1921. This is Doretta's diary. Hotel Rockwood, Kelso, Wash. Dec. 6th. Bright and warm, sent Clifford a telegram, got Lela's watch, went to Board of Commerce to see about route to Seattle, Wash. After lunch decided we would go to Seattle and left at half past two. The first twenty-five miles paved roads and scenery lovely, the grasses and ferns and evergreen trees like June then sixteen miles bad roads and then the next fifteen good dirt roads, but such thick fog we decided to stop for the night at five o'clock. This is a real nice little town. We followed the Columbia river all the way. New Richmond Hotel, Seattle, Wash. Dec. 7th. Left Kelso, Wash about quarter to nine and it was still quite foggy until about half past ten, but mild. Came a hundred and fifty miles, pavement most of the way. Stopped at Tacoma, Wash., for dinner and enjoyed the scenery all the way. The large trees were wonderful and we could see the White Cap Mountains and down in the plains people putting in their gardens, arriving at Seattle about three o 'clock. Chas. called John McMaster up at seven o'clock and made a date for next morning, at nine o'clock. SS Princess Adelaide, enroute from Seattle Wash., to Vancouver B.C. Dec. 8th. Chas. went to call on John McMaster and Claude slept and Lela and I went out window shopping. Claude slept late, then all met at hotel at twelve. After lunch got the car and went out sight seeing until four o'clock, rested until six, had dinner and went to a show. Then went back to hotel and took bus to the boat so as to get to bed and to sleep before it left at half past eleven for Vancouver, getting there next morning about eight o'clock. Hotel Grosvenor Vancouver B.C. Dec. 9th. Weather very mild and drizzling rain all day. Chas. and Claude went to call on their buyer and after lunch called to see the Hudson Bay people. Lela and I went around to the stores in A.M., and after lunch called up Mrs. Fred Henderson and she came over for us with her car, took us to their home, had afternoon tea and she brought us back to hotel about five o'clock, also called (Ida Bowen) Mrs. Ben Fletcher and Andrew Brown and he came over in the evening and stayed a couple of hours. SS. Princess Adelaide [BCARS] enroute from Vancouver to Seattle, Wash. Dec. 10th. Left Vancouver at half past ten, the weather very mild and sun shining part of the time. Saw Grant Henderson before we left. The scenery was very nice, stopped about an hour in Victoria and Edna Grant a girl that went to Whitby with Lela met us with her car and took us to see the Government Buildings, Governor General's House and around the city, and it impressed us as being a real nice city, so clean, wide streets and beautiful yards and boulevards, and roses and other flowers in blossom. Had to get back in time to see Customs officer, leaving Victoria, B.C., at half past four, arriving back to Seattle at half past nine. It was raining so hard took bus right to Hotel New Richmond. The Olympian Hotel, Olympia, Wash. Dec. 11th, Weather raining all night and all day. Left Seattle after late breakfast about one P.M. Roads paved or brick all the way and came seventy-five miles to Olympia. Lela went to bed as soon as we arrived at four, sick. Dec. 12th. Several places we had to go through water on the road that came up over the running boards for half mile at a time, and it was still rising with the heavy rains. Left Olympia at 8:30 and came to Kelso for dinner, then to Kalona and ferryed across the Columbia to skip bad roads, as it was raining. Came 130 miles arriving at Portland at 6:45 in time to get a lot of mail and a telegram from Clifford. We were stopped by a sheriff and he said he had got word a Nash Sedan was going through with booze [OSA], but he just shook things up a little and we went on. Rev 2002-03-30