CEHBates_1918-1926_018

Gatun Locks. The boat was
already in the first lock when
Ed. decided that he must see
the spillway. So against every
ones advice he started off
across to golf links leaving
me sitting on a suit case in
the hot sun watching the boat
go with great speed, it seemed
to me, through the locks. The
captain of our boat the Panama,
and the man who had arranged
for us to take the trip were
playing golf, spied me and
thought it was a great joke.
At the last minute Ed. came
racing up looking like an