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515 Bash Court                                        
Champaign, Ill.
July 1, 1959

Dear folks,

Thank you for the birthday gift!

It seems that you are really sweltering in Washington. Since last Saturday we have had scorchers too, until last night when the temperature dropped at least 20 degrees.

We went swimming on Monday afternoon, which was a very hot day, & enjoyed ourselves. There weren't many people the day after Sunday I guess.

On Saturday night we camped out in a nearby Forest Preserve. The mosquitos couldn't get in but we were a little restless in the new surroundings and didn't sleep so well. We'll keep on practicing camping until we get better at it. We learned that a percolator coffee pot does not serve well for camping - it fell over and spilled just before it was ready.

This week end we will have a physics