Route Map Week 26

the best part was

[Last Week]    The Beach family, Charles, Doretta, Lela and Claude, set out from Cornwall, Ontario on October 18, 1921. This is Doretta's diary.
Hotel Breezel, Buffalo, N. Y. April 11th. Weather rainy in early morning, very high wind all night, fairing up about nine and sun shining all forenoon, then cloudy and light showers in afternoon. Left Cleveland, Ohio at nine o'clock and came through Parks to the lake drive and along the lake drive a distance of fifty miles to Asthubula, Ohio, and on to Erie, Penn., and stopped for lunch. Had State roads that far, then after leaving Erie, twenty miles we had five miles of very bad road, and they got on the wrong road for five miles, and that was pretty bad, and all the rest of the way was fine coming two hundred miles in all. The country looked so nice and such large grape vineyards and some orchards. Getting here at half past five.
The Pontiac, Oswego, N, Y. April 12th. High wind all night and flurries of snow in morning and a cold bleak wind. Left Buffalo at twelve after having lunch. Roads good came to Rochester and on through little towns all along and fifteen miles before we got here came along Lake Ontario and it began to rain a drizzling rain, but paved roads all the way. Went a hundred and fifty miles getting here at half past five. Went around to see the Davis' and they were not home from the South.
Oswego, April 13th. Weather cloudy and cool wind. Left Oswego about nine o'clock. Roads fine, got to Ogdensburg at quarter to one a hundred and twenty-five miles. Had lunch and ferried across to Prescott. Was there an hour getting car through Customs and had to pay $682.00 duty. Came down and called on Alice and on down and called at Iroquois and on to Morrisburg. Called at Uncle Bensons. Then went to garage to inquire about roads and they advised us to go by North Williamsburg and Bouckshill, Lunenburg and Wales and found the roads very bad. Water over their roads one place and deep ruts and mud. Got home and Clifford and some fellows was playing pool. Went in and surprised him, then went down to see Gertrude and the children and had our tea and came up home. The best part was the getting home.

Total mileage of trip 10,850 miles.
Los Angeles to Cornwall, 3,700 miles.

Rev 2005-03-25