an old fashioned place took a snap of the street coming in. Saw Salem College. still lots of darkies through Salem to Walkertown Dennis Walnut Grove. Madison. Mayodan. Stoneville. Price Ridgeway to Martinsville about 60 miles. Spend night at Martinsville at the Henry Hotel $5.00 supper $1.50 apples 2 lbs for 15 cts (1 orange 6 cts) Cough medicine 55 cts Have a cold now. it is built on a bunch of hills. streets very narrow. the place was crowded. it being Saturday night. we are in Virginia now crossed the line 15 miles back

April 6th Sunday. Raining hard nearly all night & still raining. I have a bad cold. Had breakfast at the Hotel. cost us $1.40. Set off a little after 9a.m. on Road No. 311 to Roanoke. driving not very good lots of hills & terrible curves all the way to Sydnorsville (. just a Gas Sation). Bot gas here $1.38. Curves & hills again all the way to Roanoke wonderful scenery but raining too ard to see any distance Seem to be crossing the Blue Ridge mountains to get into the Shenandoah Valley. Had dinner at Roanoke cost $1.30 on again through more hills. scenery would be grand if we could only see it. the road was through valleys one after another down hill. up hill. around

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