January 10, 1962

Place: Los Angeles ~ Honolulu
Weather: Damp ~ very warm

up at 6:15 to leave by 7:15 for the airport  still quite foggy.
Another due to engine trouble.
but finally at 9:15 we took off .
saw the mountain in the distance
and then the coat and the ocean.
had breakfast of scrambled eggs an canadian bacon
with sweet rolls etc. joey's been pretty good.
Arrived at 12:30 and family met me complete with leis.
Joey cried all the way home.
the farm is lovely with the mountain in the distance in three sides in the ocean an the fourth side.
Joey finally went to sleep at 7:00 everyone come over for supper
and talked and waited. Lies were of plumeria, tuber, roses and mums.

January 9, 1962

Place: Madison ~ Chicago ~ L,A
Weather: cold ~ very cold -15 ~ 61

Left Madison at 2:15 Arrived Chicago 3 PM
Joey slept all the way.
Had an hour delay at O'Hare and finally Arrived L,A at 6:30 PM
sent a wine an them called Richard
while waiting for them saw Chubby Cheguen an Roger Smith , his wife an baby.
boarded plane at 8:15 an sat until midnight waiting for the fog to lift.
then they told us they'd put us up overnight at the Thunderbird motel.
so off we went by bus complete with bags and crabby babies.
finally at  1 AM we went in a room.
joey didn't sleep much and I just ached all over.
 (Bobby Rydell was also on our flight.)

January 7, 1962

Place: Watertown ~ madison
Weather: cold, snowing

Left home at 11 AM after a 8"snowfall.
As we got nearer Madison the snow strapped.
when we got to T? our flight had been cancelled
and Chicago's O'Hare field was closed.
Decided to go home and try to get a flight on Tuesday.
Joey was real good and slept most of the time we were driving.