Friday February 7, 1947
Leaving Pasco at 6:30. Saw a coyote just before sunrise close to the road. Just saw another one. ( 15 min. later)
Got to Ida’s before dinner, had no trouble finding her. Went with Ida & Elmo to Spokane on Sat. They took us to Grande Coulee Dam on Sunday. Such a place! oh the biggness of it!
Ida and Elmo Wright, Ida was first cousin to Selma. They managed the Crooked River Ranch mentioned in 1934 trip.
Monday February 10, 1947
Leaving Ida’s at 8:15 Ida daughter to Carrie
Entered Idaho at 10:20 got to Sandpoint at 11:15 Had dinner with Ada, then we went to find Clarence fishing on the ice in the bay. 8 or 9 miles and such a road! Snow & ice & curves! Had to have help twice getting back. No chains of course! Had trout and white fish.
Ada was a first cousin to Roy, her mother (Elsy Alice Arnold) was a sister to Great Grandma (Elizabeth Angeline Arnold) Sanford. Elsy married Joseph Erwin Bracy, he was killed in a mine accident at Red Lodge, Montana and was tried at Belvidere, Neb. Elsy did not want to stay in Belvidere so she homesteaded in Wyoming.
Ada married Clarence Coulston.
Postcard dated Mon. noon Feb. 10
Dear Geneva: We are now at Ada’s. There is some ice & snow here but there has been more. We are going out to lake where Clarence is fishing thru ice this P.M. Ida & Elmo took us to Grand Coulee Dam yesterday. That thing is so big I can hardly believe it after seeing it! Had a letter from Arlene too. Don’t expect to hear any more now, as we will be moving everyday. Plan to try it thru Salt Lake City on the way home. We find out about roads before starting out. Mother
Tuesday February 11, 1947
Had venison for dinner. Left Ada’s at 2:00 after seeing where Kenneth and Bertha live. Gerald in 8th grade age 14, Kenneth 20. Raining most of P.M. Saw a porcupine across the road.
The Arnold family history says Ada and Clarence Coulston married August 17, 1925. They had 2 sons, Kenneth born in 1926 and Gerald in 1933. So Bertha must be Kenneth's wife.
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