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  • Walter E. Dandy Letter 05/18/1943

    Real winter is here again. This morning there was a big snow. For 200 miles a heavy blanket covered the ground. At Cheyenne it was so cold one couldn’t stay outdoors in a summer suit. Toward afternoon it was still cold, but all the mountains are covered. Just now we are at Pocatello in a beautiful irrigated plain. The Snake River dam is alongside the rails and tracks. There is a big gov’t airfield here. This is a lovely train that skims along like the Superchief on the Santa Fe.

    We get to Portland in the morning and Seattle in the evening. Did I tell you we got some delicious spare ribs and sauerkraut in Chicago? The ball game was a double header, but it was too cold to stay for the second game the only mistake you made was to send me away with two summer suits. A winter one would have been fine.

    Dr. Craig is a fine traveling companion and a real fellow. He knows so many more surgeons than I do so I will he will take me along and I will even up by taking him to see Dorothy! He thinks that makes it even!

    Who will take my place at home? Tell Margaret to come on out. How are my little Mary & Kitty and Walter and his (my) garden?

    Had some wonderful strawberries for breakfast - from Portland. The Portland roses should be out now - perhaps! Tomorrow morning we ride along the Columbia River about breakfast time - 4 hours between trains. Dr. Craig’s wife lets him fly. He almost deserted me to fly out via Rochester. He has three boys and a girl (6).

    Take good care of the little sweetheart and the three angels and the lemon.

    Love and kisses from

    Daddy x x x x

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