The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-31
FLYING TRIP.
DesysF MAAiIs4 A.a the GFa1d Csa
yes 81 tks Arkansas. d

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. Of the Arkansas.
No. J.
Colorado is filed with tourists. not
withstanding that hordes are returning
homeward every day. Those who 20
now are more fortunate than those who
have already .sdonep the state, for the
weather has been oppressively hot.
while the aso is o tspering OF to
q cooler temperature. For real comfort,
the tourist should not 60 before Sep
tember. All Of the towns and cities Of
the plains, and in fact all places at an
altitude Of less than 5000 feet have
been extremely hot, although this fact
has not been very widely circulated.
Denver and Pueblo are especially hot
places. The sun seems to strike them
at an exceptionally favorable angle. and
the people suffer in consequence. Wis
itors from cooler chimes experience
the unpleasant sensation of sweltering
and faintness. But when the train
whirls through the astonished atmos-
phere the drafts preserve a comfortable
temperature. One is therefore enabled
to enjoy the magnificent scenery.
The writer was one of the scenic pill
grims last week. and records, with great
~satisfaction, one of the most pleasant
Of several trips through Colorado. OF
course we went to Manltou. There
are 30 many associations Of a romantic
nature clinging to this place, that one
does not wish to omit IL from a touring
programme. Besides being the SARA
togA OF the West" where wealth and
beauty and fashion congregate from the
plains Of the west. and the. east. and
the south, the ."Garden of the Godsu
Ii located conveniently, and then
Manitou nestles 50 ..maRnifcently
grand,n at the foot of historic Pixies
Peak. All of these associations lend q
charm to Manitou such as no other
summer resort can obtain for years and
years. Nature seems to have designed
Manitou for q resort, for besides the
attractions mentioned above, there are
the sulphur. soda, magnesia and iron
springs. the Ute Pass, Rainbow Falls,
Williams Canon, Cheyenne Canon,
Glen Eyrie. Cave Of the Winds. the
meditative burro-w with Storm to photo
graph you sitting astride Of the animal,
which forcibly suggests an aggravated
jack rabbit-and various other things
too numerous to mention"
Manitou has been well "done" this
season. Most too well for the comfort
OF the tourist, for the hotels have been
o~vercrowded, and the guests have heen
forced TO submit to wretched fare and
treatment. A universal complaint is
made touching the "~so-called" hrst.
class hotels. They are irst-class
frauds. Ine wiser guests long since
tumpieo 70 tne racket n they be-
sieRed the residents OF Manitou, so that
many OF the latter now conduct private
hotels. at these, one can get better
rare ana accommodations, at less than
nail notel rates. There are numbers
OF tnem' % and visitors will exper-
fence no trouble In hnding them.
our from Manitou lay to Lead
nue. over the Denver q hio Grande
ROAD wnicn Is truly named the scenic
nne Oh America" from Colorado
cptinRs 2 ruepio tnere Is nothing OF
INTEREST," 70 . eye, and indeed, it Is
MOI Until canon City Is passed and the
grand canon OF Arkansas Is entered
We speaA exclusively OF the Leadville
trip-tnat scenery OF an enhancing
cnaracter is met with. The canon is,
inaeeo, . grand ohe-lh a very proper
sense IL Is awfuliy grand. 10 describe
~ according 70 its merits 0 require
tar more space tnan the limits OF a
newspaper aiiow. Ine Royal Gorge is
= proiougeo' tortuous cnasm, several
miio. IN iengtn. icis as II the Arkan'
sa' river nad CUT us way 10 the depth
=. y ieet tnrougn a solid rock.
Inc straignt walls loom up silently,
eranoiy, ma)esticaily. They are per-
tectiy perpendicular, and one must loo
s'laigns Upward 70 see tne SKY. Inc
WASH cnasm Is out . lew teet In width
pale'y woe enough 20 permit OF a
stream ana . railroad track to be To-
where the stream monopolizes the whole
bottom. but the skill Of tho engineer
oyercame the obstacle 10 the road nv