29th August

29th Aug. Tuesday. Tuesday morning 6.A.M.
Springfield, Missouri, stopped here for
breakfast, still dark, now light, after
a drive through delightful wooded
country have arrived at “Waynesville
Missouri” for coffee at 8.30 A.M.
Beautiful scenery all the way to St
Louis, Missouri, a lovely and large
city, very modern, and a huge
arch over the Mississippi, announcing
it as the gateway to the West, on the
road again still hilly country, and now
at 2 P.M., we are at Effingham, Illinois,
stopped and had tea. Now at 3-30 P.M.
have crossed into Indiana, a most unusual
church here, just built and in the shape
of a mushroom, all the way along
fields of corn on the cob. 5-30 crossed
beautiful country in Indianapolis
had dinner and once more on the
road. 11 P.M., have arrived at “Columbus
Ohio” had tea and went to sleep.