Travelogue

Well, the great trek is over . . . 9 cities, 11 radio or TV appearances, about 8,000 miles, 6 meetings with groups, several hundred letters of inquiry, rain, shine, hot, cold and last but not least exhaustion from the trip followed by depression from looking at the pile of mail and other problems when I returned. But c'est la vie and here is the story.

As usual just before I take off for a trip I get a cold due to working too late trying to get everything in order so I started out amply supplied with Kleenex, Aspirin and Dristan nose drops but I gradually won the fight. It didn't do my voice any good though.

Since I wanted to meet with the girls in the various cities I was to be in this meant going through all the files pulling out the names of persons in all these cities and then filling out a little form that I had had mimeographed telling them where I'd be and what program I was going to be on in their city. As there were about 110 of these names this became quite a task too. Then it was necessary to brief Mary on a number of matters that had to be taken care of during my absence. She kindly consented to stay at my house to look after cats, garden, house and to make it "lived in" so that no one would break in. I had to leave the house about 10 Sunday morning but we didn't get through all these details and start packing till about 10 PM on Saturday night. It was hectic.

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