From our road trip thru NW Nebraska.
Courthouse and Jail Rock were markers on the Oregon and Mormon Trails for pioneers traveling west.
Using Colors of Spring by ETD
Started with a with background and one of the stamps of the kit. Duplicated the stamp and spread it over the background. Then I merged all the stamps together to create on layer. Took a solid blue paper and clipped to the stamp layer. Then I took 2 other stamps from the kit and arranged around...
Here it is, at last, the end of the journey. Aunt Ellen wrote a "Conclusion" page that included their total expense for travel, gasoline, oil, and total mileage driven. At the end she penciled in "Finis" with a flourish. They Left Yakima, Washington 22 September 1930 and returned 29 December...
This is it. They arrived home at last. Tomorrow the finale!
"December 29, 1930
On our last days travel we stared from Eugene at 6:45. Coming thru the mountains of Oregon the trees were covered with a silver thaw. When we reached Portland the wind started to blow and at one place, we learned...
The last two days. Finale page tomorrow
"December 28, 1930
Yesterday when the oil was changed the man put in heavy oil so the car was very hard to get started this morning. We lost over a half an hr getting it warmed up to start. We stared up through the mountains from Redding and saw snow in...
"December 27, 1930. We started from San Ardo at 6:10 this morn. After leaving San Jose we took a short cut toward Stockton. At Stockton we changed the oil in the car and had it greased. That took three quarters of an hour. The mileage at that time was 12690 miles. It was nice and clear the first...
Just a few more days and they will be home. "December 26, 1930"
"We started this morn from Whitewater at 6:30. The valley was full of orange & lemon trees and palms. Oranges can be bought for 10¢ a dozen, so we bought some. Just before entering Pasadena we saw a hanger and a dirigible in the...
Four flats in one day-Merry Christmas 1930!
"Christmas!!!???...We started this morn at 6:50 and when we were 4 miles from town we had a flat. That valley had acres & acres of lettuce fields...At Wintersburg we took a different route than we had planned and got stung. Just out of Wickenburg we...
Inching my way to the finish. Since Aunt Ellen said it didn't feel like Christmas I decided to glam up the pages a little and make it more holiday like for them.
"After leaving Globe we began to climb and came to a place 4910 ft high called Top of the World. Going down the western side we had...
Coolidge Dam.
Almost all the photos taken on the entire three month trip were only of family, with the exception of the dam.
"The Coolidge Dam has just been finished and was dedicated Mar 4, 1930 by Calvin Coolidge. It is 920 feet long counting 2 spillways 250 ft high from bed rock, and has a...
Prepping the photos for this page was a nightmare. The original pictures used on pages 22 and 23 were so yellowed and faded they were almost invisible. I scanned at various resolutions, and used PSE, Topaz, and MyHeritage, trying color and b/w to try and improve them. I've used MyHeritage...
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