At 1pm, they had to leave again the festivities in order to continue their trip to San Francisco. On the way, the dangers of travel were displayed on the railway when one of the trains from the collision that occurred the previous night was made visible:
`It was still burning and people were still clearing the railway. It was dreadful and gloomy. It was just a pile of steel and wood entirely bent and jagged. We could still see some blood on some parts.`
At 7pm, they arrived in Boone, Iowa where the local population played the French National anthem as soon as they came out of the train, for a short break of thirty minutes. In Iowa, they received so many presents like cigarettes, chocolate and sweets. They left again and were awakened in the middle of the night by the local women during a stop at North Platte, Nebraska in order to give them even more food and cigarettes. The following day, they arrived in Wyoming or as Robert Meyer called it `the Far West`:
`We could see cowboys and redskins. They were not as wild as they looked because they were screaming frantic cheers on our passage. Until then, I only saw them at the cinema but I know now how they really are.`
At the beginning of the afternoon, they stopped in Cheyenne, Wyoming:
`We paraded in the city. Here, for example, the kindness of the locals was over the top. We received full hands of cigarettes and candies. I even got twenty dollars. We left again at 3 O clock. The Colonel congratulated us for our good behavior in the city and promised us a dollar each as a reward.`