A bit of charming dialogue

Two housewives, circa 1920, who have decided to go on an Adventure:

"I think," Charlotte remarked after a time, "that we will go to Death Valley."

"Why?"

"Because I am tired of looking at the Twenty Mule Team Borax boxes and wondering what kind of place they came from that could have a name like that."
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It's nonfiction, and they went, and made it there on their second attempt, finishing the journey by horse and wagon when driving their car became impossible. They were Edna Brush Perkins and Charlotte Hannahs Jordan. I read a brief except of Edna's account in Sisters of the Earth, edited by Lorraine Anderson, and will be looking for more.

Pics

Here's my pretty heron pic for the day. Lots and lots of herons and egrets suddenly, already beginning their fall migration. They move very slowly-- fly for a day, settle down and fish for two or three days-- so they start early.

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