Leonard Family - Lenoir Inez Leonard - 49 Days - page 13

several strange . Fields filled with wild flowers spread in both directions. The hills were many in fact we travelled in the hills all day. There were ridges of stone near the tops. A couple places we noticed that the buildings were made of stone. They were old buildings were made stone in the old style. A gap in the hills allowed the railroad (Union Pacific), our road and a creek pass between two ridges of hills. The hills on the north were very rocky and there were pine or hemlock trees on the tops. It would be very interesting to climb them. We saw some black birds with white wings, and breasts. They were smaller than robins. The Scoth Thistle blossoms were white, and we saw several new little flowers, pink, white, salmon (dark) and purple. We saw some purple larkspurs growing wild. Our fan belt quit working, because the wiring came loose and was all but broken. We stopped at the top of a hill because our car was not running right. When Dad [tried] to start it , he killed the engine. I cranked it and helped to push it out of the soft sand, where it was about stuck. I got my toes and leg hurt a little in the scramble, but not enough to bother with.. We entered Wyoming at 20 to 11. Soon after we ate our lunch. We saw several little towns which came into view suddenly as we were coming down hills. We went into camp at Cheyenne about 2:30. The camping grounds were located on a lake and were very nice and large enough to accomodate many, many cars. There is a store on the grounds; and a caretaker acts as deputy sheriff to keep order. Dad found a tack in our front left tire, but threw it away, so I didn't get it. After I put my classes on I saw the mountains. After supper we were going over to the round-up-park to see a log cabin abd a strong wind blew the sane around fear-

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