In 1925, newlyweds Pete and Gert packed up their lives and headed west for California in a
Model T Ford. Gert chronicled the journey in a series of letters.

Now, one hundred years later, a pair of former journalists, cousins Kitty Felde and Marie Felde, follow their grandparents' route to see America through their eyes.

Join us on a podcast journey HONEYMOON ROAD: Pete & Me and our Model T.

We begin our journey on 9-11 in Chicago, home to both Pete and Gert. Cousins Kitty Felde and Marie Felde try to find the houses where they grew up and the church where they got married. Things did not go as planned.

You'll find copies of Gert's letters, photos, a road map, as well as music credits and research links at our website:

honeymoonroad.com

It's our first day on the road, driving from Chicago to Bloomington, with a stop in the tiny town of Wenona, Illinois. We learn about the history of auto camps and shop for salt and pepper shakers, just like Pete and Gert.

Day two of the road trip and already we're lost. We take a wrong turn and end up across the Mississippi River. At least we've avoided Pete & Gert's battle with mosquitos!

Join us as we visit the St. Louis Arch and a weekend tourist town called Hermann, Missouri as we search for the scary campground Gert describes in her letters.

Pete and Gert made their 1925 honeymoon journey in a very rainy year. We visit Jefferson City, Missouri to find out about another horrible year for weather. And we eat barbeque.

Gert called Kansas City "some town." We agree as we visit the National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and over in Lawrence, Kansas Public Radio where Kitty visits a fellow public radio voice Darrell Brogdon who tells tales of the wild days of Kansas City.

California cousins Kitty and Marie Felde discover real midwest rain as they visit the small Kansas towns along the Santa Fe Trail where Pete and Gert had their movie date. We also learn about that long lost "talkie" directed by Victor Flemming "A Son of His Father."