It was hard to leave the Bay Area but Ella had another destination down the road she had also longed to see. We got a lunch of pie, cakes and milk, and hastened to the train and around four o”clock we were on our way. The view all along the coast line was simply magnificent,…
Ella and family finally see the Pacific Ocean and it seemed to meet her expectations
“Wandering in a garden of dreams,” she said, “and it also convinced me that after seeing such a wonderland of beauty that there was surely a mistake about there being an ugly sordid side of life.”
I’m not exactly sure what the “most thrilling wonderful places” the Hiles would have missed that night were that could top their Royal Gorge experience. But I wasn’t quite prepared for what happened next.
After the emotional rollercoaster of the preceding day, it was time for the more mundane but some weren’t having it …
The Hiles view the grandeur of the landscape but also experience the vagaries of life.
The end of a long, first full day of travel found the Hiles in Denver, Colorado, with a few challenges to be addressed upon their arrival.
On the first night of their journey, the Hiles get situated, meet a stranger, and begin to appreciate the scenery in all its magnificence.
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