Hamden Hall Country Day School - Perennial Pine Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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Tburrday, March 24th: Locomotives on a nearby railroad woke us at 8:00, at 10:50 reached the Johnsons, friends of Mrs. Viard who had kindly made arrangements for us to stay at their farm, at 1:00 left for beach where everyone did some driving, while trying to drive over a sand dune, we ran over a pail containing a hat, two watches, two pairs of sun glasses, and a camera which had fallen out. Only one pair of sun glasses was damaged. Friday, March 25119: At 9:00 A. M. left for St. Augustine, stopping on way to see Casper's Alligator Farm, after lunch arrived at Marineland and spent two very interesting hours there, after Marine- land spent a half hour at Fort Marion, ended our day at the theater, where Dave and Andy slept through a double feature. Saturday, March 26th: Spent all Saturday forenoon doing washing, this greatly interested cows that were in the pasture where tent was pitched, whole afternoon at beautiful beach, Dave missed his watch on returning to camp but found it back at beach. S unday, March 27th: At 11:00 A. M. Andy and Jack were unloaded at a Catholic Church in jacksonville, while Mr. Russ, Dave, and jim went on to Riverside Presbyterian Church to visit a friend of Mrs. Viard's son, Andy and Jack found the Church they had chosen had no 11 o'clock Mass, so they took taxi to another Church and back, spent another afternoon on beach. M onday, March 28th: Spent morning packing, then, after paying respects to the Johnsons, left for home, strange thing happened in Georgia-weather grew so cold we had to put on heavy coats, shortly after that put the top up and turned heater on, at 8:00 P. M. stopped at cabin in Walterboro, South Carolina. Tuesday, March 29th: Left Walterboro at 9:00 A. M. and spent a disgustingly peaceful day on road, at 6:00 P. M. arrived at home of Mr. Holton, a friend of Mr. Russ, in Durham, North Carolina. Wednerday, March 30th: Up at 6: 30 A. M., after breakfast, Mr. Holton took us around campus of Duke Uni- versity, then over to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where Mr. Russ sat in on one of Mr. Holton's classes, day passed uneventfully until we reached Cape Charles Ferry, from 9:30 P. M. to 11:15 P. M. exploring ferry, after leaving ferry spent the night at tourist camp. Tlaunday, March 31rt: Up at 6:00 A. M., crossed the Delaware on Newcastle Ferry, skirting Philadelphia, arrived in Newark in middle of rush hour, under Hudson River via Holland Tunnel, onto Parkway, final meal in familiar territory at Dick's Pharmacy, then to Mr. Russ's where we sorted our stuff and then unloaded at our respective homes, finally Mr. Russ got home, officially ending our trip of 3600 miles at 12:00 P. M. A Written for Mr. Russ, Hugh Anderson, john Doolittle, james Earle, and David Sperry Cthe Nimbisitesl, by John Doolittle sixty-.tix

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LOG OF THE H.M.I. KHIS MAIESTY'S IEEPP HNIMBYII Forthwith is ser down the story of five fellows who went to Florida in a jeep during spring vacation. Friday, March 18th: After supper we began to pack the jeep, after one hour of hard labor every last niche and cranny was crammed full of equipment, then, exhausted, crept into sleeping bags in Mr. Russ's icy cabin in North Haven. Saturday, March 19th: Up and into our frozen clothes at 5: 15 A. M., on our way at 7:40, over George Wash- ington Bridge in New York City at 10, awesome view up and down the Hudson River, through Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, onto magnificent Pennsylvania Turnpike, where, as dusk came on, beheld an overturned truck on fire but soon on way again, as spectators were apparently unwanted, 'through Blue Mountain and Kittatinny Mountain Tunnels, each about one mile long, left Turnpike about 7:30 P. M. and made our way to Cowan's Gap State Forest where we camped for the night, had traveled 373 miles. Sunday, Marcia 20th: Slept soundly until 5:00 A. M. on hard cold ground, coat of frost on inside of tent, left park at 8:30 A. M. and set out for Turnpike, through Sideling Hill Tunnel, Ray's Hill Tunnel, and Allegheny Mountain Tunnel, after lunch crossed the Wfest Virginia-Pennsyl- vania line, roads grew progressively rougher and began to weave around and over the mountains, followed snakepaths until we reached Philippi, where Andy made a couple of time exposures of old covered bridge, arrived at Holly R. State Forest at 7:28 and soon on our way once more because new ranger thought it was too early in the season for us to camp there, at 12: 15 pulled into a Motel where we spent the night. Monday, March 21 rt: Left Motel at 7:20 and drove to Somersville for breakfast, on our way at 8:20 A. M., two hours later came to Hawks' Nest State Park where we tried to throw rocks into the Kanawha River, just before noon reached Oakville where we finished writing postal cards home and added very attractive knob to jeep's steering wheel, after leaving Oakville stopped on road to eat lunch, take down the top, and turn off heater, at 6:30 P. M., after traveling 173 miles, found sign indicating road Ca path between the treesb to Panther Creek State Forest, after dark, while eating dinner, thought we saw a wildcat on hill behind tent-turned out to be an owl, this was place where Andy fell into a hole. Tuerday, March 22nd : Arose at 5: 15, and left in light rain, sky cleared as we entered Kentucky: from Ken- tucky into Virginia at 5:34 and one minute later into Tennessee, as we approached Knox- ville, ran into thunderstorm which made our letter mailing a bit diflicult, finally at 9:15 P. M. pulled into a tourist cabin near Alcoa, 321 miles from where we had been that morning, this day only occasion we were operating in Central Standard Time. Wednerday, March 23rd : Few miles from Etowak came to bridge that was out, so detoured to Wetmore over dirt roads, saw our first palm trees in Athens, Georgia, at 2:05 P. M., at midnight stopped in tourist cabin outside Jacksonville, having traveled 560 miles, our longest stretch. .sixty-five

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