We left for Chicago, and HOME, the first week in September, 1929.
We had enjoyed such a glorious time in Vancouver that it was difficult to say goodbye to our loving family there when they all came down to the train station to see us off. We were taking the train home to Chicago as we had to be back in time to start school and Campbell had urgent business to tend to. Eric Hopf had left a couple of weeks earlier by train and was already back in Chicago. The Cadillac was shipped by rail along with the two large wardrobe trunks.
The train ride home proved to be another FUN adventure for the Stewart kids!
Father had rented two compartments for his family of six, and we loved the ride home! The jolly attentive porters were so kind and did so much for us. Three times a day they would carry Irv and Helen to the dining car and gave the whole family very special attention because father was blind. We loved looking at the spectacular mountain scenery and even saw herds of buffalo! We all loved the train ride home and Irv never got carsick on the train!
Ed Gregor and Eric Hopf met the Stewart family when we arrived at the station in Chicago. We climbed into their cars excited to be home again. It was dark when we drove past our new finished house. We were to move into it in just a couple of weeks! But first we had to select the wallpaper for the bedrooms and the carpeting had to be installed. Ed had the wallpaper books ready on the table when we got home. I was so glad to see Florence that I gave her a huge hug and a kiss! But, out of the corner of my eye, I did not miss Eric Hopf's look of disapproval!
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