7 a.m. "High fog", they call it in California where they do not admit cloudy days. Heard thunder during forenoon. Dined at Strock's. Started for Long Beach at 6:05 p.m. While at Santa Ana we saw a 17000 acre beanfield on a 100,000 acre ranch.
Long Beach, Cali., Monday, July 18, 1910.
From 6:45 to 8 a.m. one peal of thunder followed another in rapid succession. At 7:30 it began to rain, continuing until after 10 a. m. and sprinkling fitfully until nearly noon. Said to have been the first July rain here for 16 years. Afternoon clear. I remained at home all day nursing my sore foot. In evening, Dr. Mabie, a Baptist minister who has at different times been located at Rockford, Boulder and Marshalltown, the only towns in which Nellie has lived, called to spend the evening.
