4/11/1878 - 9/3/1879
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Return to Baden-BadenSat Aug 10, 1878
August 10 Saturday – In the morning the men explored Dilsburg Castle. Sam and Joe started back to Baden Baden by train.
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Baden-Baden to Lucerne, SwitzerlandMon Aug 12, 1878
August 12 Monday – The men left Baden Baden by rail and arrived at Lucerne, Switzerland.
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Excursion to Rigi-KulmThu Aug 15, 1878
August 15 Thursday – The entire Clemens party took a two-day excursion to the Rigi-Kulm. They spent the night in a hotel on the Rigi to watch the sunset and sunrise.
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Carriage Ride to InterlakenWed Aug 21, 1878
August 21 Wednesday – Sam hired a carriage and the group continued on to Interlaken, Switzerland.
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Jungfrau Hotel, InterlakenThu Aug 22, 1878
August 22 Thursday – At Jungfrau Hotel, Interlaken—Superb view of the Jungfrau.
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To KanderstegFri Aug 23, 1878
August 23 Friday – Sam and Twichell said goodbye to the family and left Interlaken. They ate lunch at an inn in the village of Frutigen, then reached Kandersteg, Switzerland about sundown.
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To the village of LeukSat Aug 24, 1878
The pair set off with an old guide and climbed on foot up through the pass, coming down a precipitous trail to the village of Leuk. The pair rested from their hike in Leuk, then drove a buggy a few miles to Leukerbad.
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Train to Visp. Hike to St. NicklausMon Aug 26, 1878
August 26 Monday – Sam and Joe took a train to Locchi-Suste (Visp). From Visp the two hiked “6 hours through mud & rain” the ten miles to St. Nicklaus, Switzerland
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Tramp to ZermattTue Aug 27, 1878
Left St. Nicholas at 9.15, 27th. Sam and Joe tramped twelve miles up the gorge to Zermatt.
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Tramp to RiffleWed Aug 28, 1878
August 28 Wednesday – Sam and Joe walked six hours from Zermatt to Riffle and took rooms in a hotel there.