Dear Ellen,
Well we got home safely, bycycle and all and we had fun in Kankakee - canoeing. We didn't leave Chicago until nearly 5 o'clock and arrived in K3 [written like K to the 3rd] at 5:20 - pretty speedy. We had to stop at the Cordes and the Ames before leaving and that took nearly an hour.
At the farm in Kankakee we had a lunch, visited the nursery and went canoeing with Jean and her boyfriend, Bill. Some fun paddling on the river but I wished you were along. Doris and I sat back and took it easy while they paddled.
We left the next morning about 8:30 and got home at 12:20. I let Doris and Miriam do most of the driving and I slept part of the way. Everything at home looked fine, not much different than when you were here except you weren't.
We've been working to get the golf course ready to open this weekend. I've been stringing up lights - putting back wires that came down during the winter and putting in light bulbs. One of the big pine trees broke off and I fixed it up as a light pole with a big spot light. I only got shocked once. Tomorrow we have to work on the greens, fertilizing and tamping to get them smooth. It's a lot of work but its worth it I hope. Last year we had quite a lot of customers and we have had several call wanting to know when we will open.
Has it been hot up there? We've had it plenty hot here lately. It generally gets cool in the evenings but I'd hate to say how hot it really gets. I feel cooler when I don't know how high the thermometer goes. Aunt Laura nearly melts with the heat so she gets in the tub after dinner and cools off. Another thing is the Oats bugs. Do you have any up there? They are little black bugs about 1/16" long that flies. When I get sweaty they land all over me and I feel crawlly!
Dick, Don and I went swimming last night at one of the public pools here. It felt good after a hot day and was almost cold. Don is an excellent diver and we stood around watching him dive. He has one dive he does from the high board which makes the water fly. One time it shot up over twenty feet, a regular geyser. He did it once and splashed water all over the lifeguard.
We got a card from Les and Betty yesterday from Madison. They couldn't find a cabin after leaving Chicago so drove all the way to Madison and got there at 5 in the morning and stayed all day. He didn't say where they would go from there but I presume someplace in northern Wisconsin or Minnesota.
We just listened to the Joe Lewis - Tony Galento prize fight. Tony lasted longer than I expected and gave Joe a pretty good fight. I suppose you tuned in too. Tony surely had the stuff it takes to last four rounds against the Brown Bomber. Now we are listening to the Indianapolis Indians - Columbus Redbirds in a ball game. I'm listening while I'm writing so it probably rather disorganized so please forgive it.
I finally got Dad to buy paint for the house so as soon as it gets here I'll probably start painting the house if ? There's a lot of house here and it will probably take two weeks and more providing I can keep at it. I don't mind it, in fact the thought of it rather intrigues me.
Well I guess I'll close. Uncle Willis' address is 5140 Kenwood.
Lots of love,
Larry
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