October 11, 1948
ink on unlined paper
9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
* 97 mi. — Great row of poplars at left. / Rain and the gusty S.W. wind made me think of Ruskin’s “King of the Golden River” / 104 mi — Girard — Pa. / 109” N. Spring Field – 114 mi — Junction north Route 5. / 118” Conneaut / 119.5 Stopped for gas — / 120 mi. — The White birch cemetery — Beautiful on a sunny day. / 130 – ; Ashtabula — / Hard rain just west of Ashtabula. / 140 — Geneva / 158 — ; Painesville — / 168 — Willoughby — / 171 — Junction 91 (Ohio) / 179 — Lunch at a roadside park – raining – ate in the car. / 193 — Turn right on 82 at Twinsburg — / 214 Miles — left on Ohio 42 / 226 — Medina — 1:50 P.M. / 227.5 – Stopped by RR for drink of water and relaxation. / 258 – Ashland — Beautiful yellow leaves on green grass. (2:45) / 282 — Stopped for coffee & apples by a woods — (3:30) / 317 — Delaware, O. / 351 — Rt. on U.S. 40 — (5:40) / Lafayette — gas / 363 — West of Vienna — ate supper along road — cold, windy, cheerless —