Author: David Haldeman

Wednesday, July 10, 1968
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Tuesday, July 9, 1968
Box canyon highlight for me was black headed grosbeaks feeding young. Mt. Adams & Engineer Mt & the Million Dollar Highway spectacular. At Gunnison the desert starts quickly & by Cortez very hot. Visited 4 Corners & enjoyed the trip across Northern Arizona – lonely, colorful & glad for air conditioning. Arrived Deckers about 8:30 & Dave is a doll. Holds bottle by himself & is almost crawling. Big grin – but no teeth.

Monday, July 8, 1968
Lark Buntings in Kansas & Eastern Colorado. Wheat all cut to David’s disappointment. Skyline Drive at Canon City after 2 hrs visit to Estes Industries at Penrose to buy rockets. Quite impressed with Black Canyon of the Gunnison & the San Luis Mountains. At Ouray overnight & went to the theatre to see Melodrama & to a bar for Coors beer & local color.

Sunday, July 7, 1968
Left Brazil, Indiana at 5:30. Went to top of Gateway Arch in St. Louis & visited Shaw Gardens briefly. All night at Oakley, Kansas. Drove 710 miles. Roads great. Mostly I-70.

Saturday, July 6, 1968
Decided at 9:30 to go to Arizona to visit Deckers since we couldn’t go to Maine. Did wedding & left shop at 2:30. Packed & started with David driving ’66 Ford Wagon. Brazil, Indiana overnight after stopping at Fountain City to see Dortha Decker Fisher (Don Decker’s mother) & the Fishers.

Friday, July 5, 1968
Our trip to Maine – taking Edith Keeler is off until August. Helen Varnum in hospital with ear infection.

Thursday, July 4, 1968
David played with Dixieland Band in 4th Parade opening Prospect St. overpass. I recorded it on film. Mary & Carl, Mary & Rocky & Mother & Howard here for picnic. David shot off his Tennessee fireworks.

Sunday, May 19, 1968
John Teetor & Dave Birnbaum (from Chillicothe) here for a bird hike to Waites Woods. Thrushes, warblers, vireos, flycatchers & scarlet tanagers. Miserable day temp 50 & intermittent rain. Vaughn Wiester, Mother & Mary (with movies from Kathi) & Karen also here. David to Pleasant Baccalaureate & brought white kitten home from Vera Mae Seckels – Granddaughter of Snowflake.

Saturday, May 18, 1968
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Friday, May 17, 1968
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