Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

It was a delightful spot—a wide open valley between hills.—; Afterwards as we went along we saw a sign Pine Creek Lodge Cabins—the name appealed to us, and so we drove on to investigate. Everything seemed satisfactory so we rented a cabin. After we had deposited our things we decided to take a short walk, first we inquired about telephone (none there, nearest in Gaines)—a basket of yellow mushrooms drew my attention, & this led to an exchange of knowledge on mushrooms & soon we were sitting down chatting and spent the evening thus. It was almost dark when we went back to our cabin. The sky was overcast & the rain threatened.; Our cabin was halfway up the hill with a fine wide view over the valley & hills to the south.—July 22—Rain in the night—the sound fine on the cabin roof.—It was raining when daylight came, so we slept late. As it was raining we decided not to eat along the way. We stopped at a tavern in Anomia, where we had bacon & eggs, tomato juice etc, very good. The tavern keeper & his helper reminded us of western characters—The owner kept praising his food, told us the bacon was home-cured etc. He said he was leaving the place that day as the landlord had raised his rent.; We stopped on Wellsboro for groceries & ice—the ice house a private dwelling—the owner helping his grandma to make an auto scooter.—; South on 84—it rained some, but soon the clouds showed signs of clearing—Stopped by a sulphur [sic] stream & deep woods. He [sic] we find luscious blue berries (we picked two cup-fulls)—and also a colony of pink ladyslippers, some gone to seed. I dug two plants here (leaving my knife here). See July 25 entry—; Lunched by the road overlooking rolling hills to west. Found red raspberries on a hedge.; South of here found wood lilies new to us. I dug two bulbs. ; South to 220 & west to Jersey Shore. A wide smooth flowing river which we learned to be the Susquehanna—a beautiful river with white