Early camping trip

My parents found out my brother, Allan, thought the states were colored like they are on the map so my father loaded up the Packard with assorted camping stuff. He probably bought it at Thompson Hardware wholesale. We had a rollout cot I can not describe very well but held all three daughters with me in the middle. We had a great cooking kit with two large kettles, 6 plates, 6 silverware. It had a huge teaspoon, a stove you pumped up, a folding table which had fold out seats for four, two folding stools. My mother added some blankets which were put on the car seat and we sat on. It made us taller. We tied the left rear door shut so no one would fall into the road. We had a movie camera my father had won as part of a Willard Battery competition. We were off headed East. We had picnic lunches at noon in city parks and cemeteries. My father liked the cemeteries best. He was crazy about history. At night we camped in city parks along with the homeless. The bed we three girls slept in was sort of chain mattress thing and they put me in the middle between my sisters, so I would not fall out. We went to Washington D C first and camped on the Potomac River where Jefferson memorial now stands. I remember bumping my nose on a slippery slide. While camped we visited Mount Vernon. Later when I showed the movies to my children they thought Washington was still there. After we left Washington, we went to New York City, We climbed the Statue of Liberty which was scary for a three year old. We visited Ellis Island and then went on up the coast to Boston to see Old Ironsides. After Boston we went to Niagara Falls. I understand that we stood closer to the falls than you do now as the ledge keeps wearing off. We made a short drive in to Canada so Allan would know there was another country. At night they had colored lights on the falls. Then we headed home. As we neared Kansas City, Fairyland Park, an amusement park, was on fire so we had to go around another way to get to Kansas. My brother now knew that the states were all green