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Letter from Naomi Light

   E. Wenatchee, Wash.
       July 8, 1922

   We arrived here Thursday
afternoon after a very enjoyable 
trip of seventeen days.  We are
surely benefited by this trip edu0
cationaly if not physically.
   I saw some of the most beauti-
ful scenery.  Indiana and Illinois
isn't much different from Ohio.
I enjoyed viewing Chicago where
we stayed the first night.  While
there we went to Sears & Roe-
buck and Montgomery Ward and
did some shopping.
   Wisconsin and Minnesota have
beautiful scenery.  You can see
picturesque lakes almost every
place.  Wisconsin has much val-
uable timber and Minnesota very
valuable farms.
   I didn't like North and South
Dakota.  You can see level prai0
ries for miles with hardly any
trees.  North Dakota is still more
barren than South Dakota.
   We had most of our machine
trouble in Montana, owing to the
mountains, I suppose.  We didn't
mind climbing the mountains as
much as we did the hills.  We
were stalled on one place, though.
It is called the "Camel's Hump."
Two persons were killed on it the
same afternoon we went over.
In one place we went down grade
for eleven miles.  While in Mon-
tana we visited the home of
John Logan who has a ranch near
Billings.  There are lots of peo-
ple out here from Ohio.  We
were not dissapointed about see-
ing cowboys and Indians.  We 
came through an Indian reserva-
tion this side on the Missouri
river.  In this place it was about
fourty-two miles to a town.
Ranch horses are oftern miles
apart.
   We crossed Idaho in about
half a day.  We passed through
the Couer d' Alene mining dis-
trict.  We saw plenty of sage
brush there.
   After we got into Washington
it took us about a day and a half
to get to our destination.  Our
house is located in the famous
Wenatchee Valley, famed for its
fruit.  Our house is about five
hundred yards from the Columbia
River.  In clear weather you can
see snow on the mountains ninety
miles away.  We can also see
"Saddle Rock" which is often
seen in pictures.

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