June 25, Wednesday: Not much happened only we washed a terribly big wash, started early and didn't get thru until after dinner. Papa came home about noon. We finished the wash while Aimie and Chas. hauled in the newly-mown alfalfa. I took her picture raking it up. We were all worn out and tired when night came.

June 26, Thursday: Got work done up -beds all made and we went up to visit Lyman. They were all glad to see us. Lyman was sledding, The kids all looked like straggly looking lions-all long haired and looked like no such thing as a comb and brush, shears and clippers had ever been invented as yet. Maude, Roy, Uncle Daniel, and Virginia, all came before supper from Great Bend on their way to Nest, Colo. Maude had her hair bobbed in a new -fang dangled fashion, which Ann want to adapt immediately ( And she wanted me to be the barber!) Estoy Mala.

June 27, Friday: After a somewhat early breakfast, Maude, Roy and Company left for the West. Practically no wind was blowing and we didn't have much water to drink. We decide to move on but Mama wants an understanding before she again breaks camp- she is tired of disappointments. After all is said and done we decide not to start - Papa has the sick headache and is not better toward evening. We made our beds out on the front porch and went to bed- I got a lot of good rich milk to drink first. (Got my grades)
(Edith Blain) Children Beryl, Vernon, and Junior, was out at the gate waiting for us as she had seen our light coming. Beryl was also up waiting. We made our beds, ate a bite, and finally went to bed.

July 1, Tuesday: Ate breakfast and Papa and boys finished the tires which seemed hard to do, while we packed the car. We got off about 8 AM. All coats felt good. South of Denver the front right tire blew out so we ate dinner there and fixed the tire. This is the morning when Papa stopped the car and wanted to get out – no difference what for! So he asked Mama if he could stop and get out. We arrived in Denver about 2:00. We stopped at the Overland Park, the only tourist camp in Denver. We rode all over trying to find a suitable camping place and finally settled in the northern part. Ann, Papa and I went riding in the coupe. Went after mail and up to see about staying at the Rocky Mountain Lake Camp, but it was closed to tourists and only show and circus people could camp there. We went back home and ate supper. Then Nora, Papa and Ann went uptown again and looked Lou and Clarence Peterson up. Clarence was policeman at Lakeside Park (Electric Park) and Lou is a sort of secret police - no uniform. So the went out to Lakeside and had a lovely time on the Derby, etc. I wrote some letters meanwhile and went to bed about dark. And the rest at camp followed me. [note: I don't know who these people are but they are mentioned throughout.]

July 2, Wednesday: Didn't get up early, cleaned and straightened up Camp. Papa went up to visit and eat dinner with Lou and Clarence and didn't get back until afternoon. We got acquainted with Jack Dempsey's cousin, Mrs. Gill, who had three small boys, and Mrs. Bendel and her small daughter Bulah Bendel. An old beggar lady came twice to our tent trying to get something, both times telling a different story. I gave Ann a pineapple bob ? Nora and Thelma a shingle, [haircuts] Lou came down and visited with us, but Nora and I went in search of an "O-casa". Chas and Fred spent their 4th of July money for gifts for us and groceries. That evening about 6:00, Nora, Ann, Papa and I went to Lou's to get him to show us to Jefferson Park. We said that there was no such a place but we would come out towards Lookout Mountain in search of a camping place.
About 8 miles west of Denver we saw the worst and only accident I ever saw in my life. I, Nora, little Henry, Olga and baby Junior rode with Lou in his car ahead of Papa with Ann and Frances in the coupe. A big seven passenger Studebaker, brand new car, was completely overturned and a woman who was being dragged away was screaming "Oh Jack! Jack, Oh Jack!"etc. Lou told us we might see something we did not want to see and not to go down there, but we ran down anyway. There was a man and two women lying by the car and their faces were covered with blood. The man raised one hand up toward us and said "Will some one please help me up from here?" Oh, I shuddered and ran back and Ann followed me, but we had seen the woman or girl beside him. Her head was lying all twisted out of shape - her neck was broken, her head split open and her brains lying a foot from her head. Her right foot was lying inward, ankle broken and her legs were broken in two or three places - how Awful! The wounded were taken to the hospital and the policeman came. All of them knew Lou. The dead girl (Viola Woods, 22 years old)) lay untouched except by the coroner. The policemen and men standing around raised the car to a standing position and with the aid of a search light, searched the car. A bottle of whiskey was found, which Officer Jordan said sealed their doom. The car was almost demolished, and all on account of speeding and probably whiskey. Great crowds were collecting around there and the officers ordered the people to move on, so we decided that we had seen enough and turned around and went back home. The accident happened about 8:00. Lou told us all about how cases were handled, ones he had tended and seen, etc. After arriving at Lou's house we talked about it for awhile and then went back to camp, about 10 or 10:30. I felt then that I would never, never speed in a car again.

A big moon car stopped and a very sensible young man asked us to ride –which we did. He tho’t a great deal of his car –and his money- too much to treat them roughly and extravagantly. He was a very sensible, handsome young man- in a Moon car. When we reached camp, the tent was taken down, beds made up and both cars ready to move! Wonders of wonders! All we had to do was get in, crank up and depart. Mama didn’t the camping place it was too near the H2O, and she was afraid of floods. Later that day a woman from Denver told her that they never had floods here and not to worry further about it, so she liked it much better then.