8 A.M. Saturday
Carl and Ruth joined the Peace Waters Country Club , and in the spring of 1914 went there nearly every Saturday afternoon for tennis and a dance . Carl refused golf , however ; he always repeated a shabby joke about the shame of taking advantage of such a tiny ball . He seemed content to stick to office , home , and tennis-court . It was Ruth who planned their week-end trips , proposed at 8 A.M. Saturday , and begun at two that afternoon . They explored the tangled rocks and woods of Lloyd 's Neck , on Long Island , sleeping in an abandoned shack , curled together like kittens . They swooped on a Dutch village in New Jersey , spent the night with an old farmer , and attended the Dutch Reformed church . They tramped from New Haven to Hartford , over Easter .