Chicago to Iowa to North Dakota to Florida - June 23, 24, 1911 and 2011

Rita is going from this:

to this:

Rita's Entry: Friday, June 23, 1911
Hated to say goodbye to Father and Leslie.  Mr. P. went with us to train.  Poor Mother hated to have us go.  Hot, hotter, hottest.  Maude S. and Alice Manney joined us at Cedar Rapids.  Great gang to meet us.  Granny and Mother all in.  Neighbors nice with "welcome home's"  Ha. Ha.

 Thursday, June 24, 1911
Tired.  About all in.  Talked hard.  Went up toward evening to see Mrs. R. and bunch.  Up in evening with F and F.  Saw hosts of people.

IN RITA'S DAY:  I'm certain ladies didn't dress up to go into the Iowa cornfields, but the pictures above give a little bit of the different atmospheres in Chicago and Iowa. 

TODAY:  Today there is a bigger similarity in different sections of the country, I think, even though there are stereotypes of country and city.  The big difference today (June 24, 2011) is the different kinds of horrible weather each section has... too much water in North Dakota (see picture of Minot below) and too dry with horrible fires in Florida.(above)