Most beautiful and bright. Very warm. Arose at 6:30 A.M. Started off at eight. Very pretty ride from London to Sarnia. Along this stretch windmills very noticeable. One at every house and some in open fields. Many brick kilns in this part. Most of houses made of brick. Many herds of sleek fat beeves in pastures along road. Several fields of dandelions, just solid yellow mass, very rather noticeable and very pretty. Crossed St. Clair river from Canada to U.S. (From Sarnia to Port Huron) on ferry. Passed through Custom Office with no investigation or trouble. I guess we must have looked honest. About 140 miles across Michigan to Lansing via Lapeer, Flint and St. John's. Upon entering Flint we were stopped by a man who tested our brakes, horn etc. Everything was OK. They were having safety week. The very next time I tried to blow the horn, it failed to give forth a sound. Quite interesting and lucky. We had it fixed at a garage. H.H. & I took a shower at the Y. Father got a shave & Mother parked in the library near by. We arrived at sister Nellie's, 913 W. Lenawee St. Lansing, Michigan at 7 P.M. Central Standard Daylight Saving Time. A very happy partial reunion. Talked. Out for a little ride. Nellie drove. Talked and visited. Mother, Father, H.H. & I stayed with Shields at 913 W. Lenawee. Hanford & I walked down with Nellie to where she stayed over night. Stopped for ice cream. Talked. Retired at 12 P.M. Thankful for sister Nellie.
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Below is an approximation of the route the Clossons may have taken (now I-69, most of the way). What would now take a little over four hours (according to Google maps) took them approximately 11.5. But considering they stopped to get their horn fixed, perhaps 10.5 hours--they are still going at 25 mph, it seems.
I'm suspicious of this gratuitous "safety week" stop. Did the man who "checked" their car out do something to make the horn stop working? Could he have been in cahoots with the garage where they got it fixed? Hmmm . . .
During the trip, Stanford wrote a letter to Mary Leah, presumably mailing it somewhere along the way. It is posted in the Letters pages, Letters: June 1 & 2, 1923.
Below is a recent photo of the house where Nellie was staying in Lansing and where the family stayed during their visit.
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Below is an approximation of the route the Clossons may have taken (now I-69, most of the way). What would now take a little over four hours (according to Google maps) took them approximately 11.5. But considering they stopped to get their horn fixed, perhaps 10.5 hours--they are still going at 25 mph, it seems.
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| London, ON to Lansing, MI |
During the trip, Stanford wrote a letter to Mary Leah, presumably mailing it somewhere along the way. It is posted in the Letters pages, Letters: June 1 & 2, 1923.
Below is a recent photo of the house where Nellie was staying in Lansing and where the family stayed during their visit.
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| 913 West Lenawee St, Lansing, MI |
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