A few hours of rest.

September 11, South Elgin.

We drove 82 miles this morning, and we'll be moving again tonight. A few hours only, then, in this near-perfect location for the kids, with a manicured park all for ourselves.
Attendance was poor and the circus lost money after the costs of renting the lot, feeding people and paying them, plus insurance and other expenses were added up. This is probably because some towns have been booked late, at the last moment sometimes (as of last week there were still two days without a booked town on the next two weeks' route,) and the sponsors, when there are any, do not have time to do their job advertising the show.