Note: post title is not a typo!
June 26 Sunday We drove to Rye where we played some games. Sylvia [a boat] and Eugene [a straw hat] won rabbit races and got prizes. I got a lei for a basketball shot. We got home early and I drove Molly and Sam over here. We watched television and then played scrabble. Lillian had an upset stomach ...
The prizes we won were written in between the lines, above our names.
June 27 Eugene Lil & I drove to the midtown area to buy an ice chest but could get no place to park. We drove to Wall & William and got flashlight and film at Goldsmith's but no ice chest. We then drove to 149 st and got one at the Strauss Stores $3.50. Silleman Evans is dead at 61 and Borah [sic] Minevich at 52.
June 28 Drove Lillian to Dr Holzman where she had her basal metabolism. Then we drove around for some business. Lillian got some plastics. Eugene and I played tennis in the afternoon then I beat H. Levitt. After supper we drove to mom and pop's to say goodbye. Rachel & Mayer were also there. Dr Edward Bernecker is dead at 63 and Harry Agganis at 25.
June 29 I went with Eugene to Adler's where he got a pair of summer sandals $4. Lillian's metabolism is -6 and Dr Holzman wants to see her tomorrow morning.
June 30 to July 9 We left on our trip at 9 AM, first taking Eugene and his friends to school then stopping at Dr Holzman's where he said Lil should eat sea food and not have an operation during the summer. We arrived in Syracuse 8:30 PM. The next day we spent bathing at Green Lake at [sic] picnicking over there. Sadie and Bernie grilled delicious hamburgers. We left Saturday and stayed at a cabin in Camp Woodland two miles from Clayton NY ($8). Eugene played baseball there with the proprietor's thirteen year old twins. We stayed at Camp Woodland. Sunday we took the Thousand Island boat trip; - a 3 1/2 [hour] sail in the Saint Lawrence River. Monday we drove to Niagara Falls on the Canadian side after crossing the Internal Bridge at Alex Bay. [International Bridge at Alexandria Bay] We stayed at Mrs. Dougan's near the falls. -$8. In the morning we drove to Whirlwind Gorge and the Cable Car ride across the Niagara River (Eugene wouldn't go) We crossed to the American side and went down to the bottom of the falls in a subway where we were swept with spray. We drove to Tonowanda where we stayed at the Simmons Motel $10, where the water was treated with sulphur [sic]. We reached Cooperstown late Wed. night but managed to get lodging at a home in town with the help of a tourist house owner who was filled. The night at Mrs Mallons was $11. Thursday we took in the Hall of Fame and Farmers Museum. We stayed at the Waggon Wheel cabins at East Branch $8. Friday we reached Evelyn's place on Brigg's Highway and stayed at Wagner's Sun Ray House across the way $7. We had a nice time at Ev's. Isabel is very pretty. We used the swimming pool. Also took a ride to Liberty where we shopped. Saturday we left at 2:30 and arrived home at 6 PM. We picnicked mostly using our stove and ice-chest during the trip. We spent about $160. Sylvia mostly drew during the trip and looked at her postcards. This is her obsession. She bought about 60 during the trip. In the city there was a heat wave reaching 95° several days.
At the top of one of the pages of this entry, dad wrote "Total mileage 1350. Cost $155". The second "We stayed at Camp Woodland" was inserted between the lines; apparently dad didn't notice that he had already written that. I remember playing baseball with some kids when we stayed at some cabin. "Waggon Wheel" was apparently the actual name, not a typo; at least, I found a post card on-line with that name.
