6 Jun 1934
John Griffin to Mother / Washington D.C.

Dear Mother,

We received your letter last night and were glad to learn of your decision to come out here. I do hope that you got in communication with Mr. Kimball in time, and before he had made arrangements with others. I was going to wire him last night to reserve the places for you, but I supposed that you would have got in touch with him by then.

We are having quite an influx of visitors here lately. Lucy Clark and Dott's aunt Lou and due to arrive tonight at six o'clock, I think that they took the train excursion to Chicago and then the bus here. Of course Mrs. Izzy is quite thrilled, but at the same time is wondering where she is going to put them and how she is going to entertain them.

Now about the finances of the trip. We would like to pay your way out here. Mr. Kimball is only charging $20.00 as you have probably found out by now. It will cost you about another $10.00 for eats and sleep on the way out too. However, if by some means Dad can gather together enough to pay your way out here we will have more money to entertain you with when you arrive. We would like very much to take you over to the ocean for a day. You see the boat does not leave from the ocean, but comes up the bay to Baltimore, and it is from there that Mrs. Hussey will sail. Across the bay and over to Ocean City though they do have one of the finest beaches that I have seen and there you are right on the ocean front with nothing between you and Europe but the briny deep.

I hope that you are able to make the trip all right. Mr. Kimball came out in less than four days and that means over 600 miles a day. That would be like going from Ogden to West Yellowstone and than 200 miles farther so you see it is a long ways. We hope too, to make real good time coming home as I have such a short vacation. I am afraid that the two trips will about do you up but it will surely be worth it if you can stand it. The roads are good all the way and the travel will not be hard, only continuous all day long and half the night. I think that if Mrs. Hussey sent her trunk express that would be the best way. She would still save money over that which the bus would cost her. She can arrange with the express Co. to have it put right on the boat so the will not have to worry about it at all after it leaves home.

I am glad to hear that the kids are getting along so well and having so much fun. This is the time of their lives when they should really have the most fun. Tell Donny thanks for the letter. I will try and answer it soon. I don't think the idea about going to the A. C. is so hot, but will talk it over with him when I get home. I have lots of good reasons. It is hard for me to realize that they are all grown up and graduated from high school. How time does fly.

We are still planning on coming home on the 29th. I found out definitely the other day that I get my leave. However the old Ford kind of worries us. Most every day something goes wrong with it and has to be fixed. If we should get out a hundred miles from nowhere and have something go wrong with it then how would we get to the next city. Anyway, maybe by the time the 29th comes around we will have mustered enough courage, and will start out.

I wish that Dad was going to be able to come with you. Maybe next year we can find some way to get him out here, there is a lot to see and learn by travel. Must sign off and get to work. Write me air mail as s as you know for sure what you are going to do and if Kimball has room.

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