225 7/23/1955 Helen Carlson to Sadie Erwin

Helen Carlson Browning, Montana Saturday, July 23, 1955

Sadie Erwin Box 44, Enumclaw, Washington

Saturday Night, 8:30 P.M., Montana Dear Folks, We are just short of Kalispell, Montana and came to a nice camping area by a lake where there are toilets and running water and since it was five o'clock we decided to stop here and set up camp. While Elmer and Jimmy put up the tent and got our sleeping things ready, the girls and I got supper going. Your camp stove is wonderful and makes cooking an easy job. I think this camp is full by now so it's probably best we didn't go on to Glacier tonight as it would have been dark and maybe the campgrounds would have been full. We plan to start out about seven A.M. tomorrow morning and will feel more like seeing Glacier. We had lots of fun with Dahlstroms today. They met us on schedule at 4 A.M. at the office and we were on our way. Our car started heating up before we reached Ellensburg. We filled it with water from the river and when we got to Spokane it was hot again so we had to stop at a filling station and have it flushed out. It has been O.K. since so I guess there isn't a leak in the radiator. We left Dahlstroms at Bonner's Ferry but first stopped along the road and took pictures of each other and had some cold water and fruit juice. For lunch we were real lucky and found a roadside table under some trees so Glad and I made sandwiches in a hurry and the kids all had fun and we all enjoyed it. It's quarter to nine Montana time and we are all going to bed, in fact everyone is in bed already but me. We got our hot weather today and there was plenty of griping. It has cooled off nicely now for sleeping tonight. More later. Love, Helen