out
of
Peoria,
now on 74 (since Rock Island -- "All aboard!" -- yesterday), supply stop in Bloomington,
past Mahomet
[!] to the
Indiana frontier.
With
as
much
alacrity / dexterity as
possible / reasonable
to
Harriet's
cousin
Bonnie,
and
her
beautiful
home
in
a
ravine
near
Indianapolis --
an
architectural
joy
indeed,
and
a
good
time
is had by all, including Bonnie's mother,
as
we
converse
on
many
subjects
and
remember departed husband Bill and father Bob...
Time
to
head
out,
however,
and
we make it over the Ohio
border
and
on to Columbus for the congenial eve,
including dinner with
waitresses keen to learn of opera and California -- the latter locally experiencing the 62nd day of summer, high up 7 to 88...
Peoria, 81
Indianapolis, 79
Columbus, 78