Outing . utsixty-five miles from Havre to Rouen bythe Route Nationale and the entire trip isalong the valley of the Seine. If there isa more beautiful valley in the world noneof our party had ever seen it. It wasalmost one uninterrupted stretch of fieldsof waving grain, beautiful forests, superbchateaux set far back from the road andapproached between great avenues oftrees, picturesque villages and long reachesof one of the fairest rivers in the air was sweet with the fragrance of thefields, the wheat was just in head and soonto be harvested, and waving in the breezeswere great patch


Outing . utsixty-five miles from Havre to Rouen bythe Route Nationale and the entire trip isalong the valley of the Seine. If there isa more beautiful valley in the world noneof our party had ever seen it. It wasalmost one uninterrupted stretch of fieldsof waving grain, beautiful forests, superbchateaux set far back from the road andapproached between great avenues oftrees, picturesque villages and long reachesof one of the fairest rivers in the air was sweet with the fragrance of thefields, the wheat was just in head and soonto be harvested, and waving in the breezeswere great patches of the bright red pop-pies, which are found everywhere throughthe fields of France. Our route out of Havre was through theshaded boulevard to Graville-Ste-Honorine,thence by St. Romain and Lillebourne,where we had a glimpse of the ruins of theold Roman theater, to the quaint littletown of Caudebec, where we made our firststop. The main street of this town, afterwandering around past the old church with. Every little town has its garage, where one may stop for essence.


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