The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-31
CAMPING IN COLORADO
'n'nr About q Very Pleasant Ont.
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s''ou ihis 1all.
whoever would enjoy the pleasure Of
existence; whoever would extend The
power Tor such enjoyment; whoever
would continue his life and seek 10 les
sen the membranes of the burdens
SUNG hand In hand with that pleasure.
must break away from desk and tho
srinds or modern office life. and seek
rest ,,aN and health in the rougher yet kind
&c. environments OF Nature. Among
sne cioud.capped mountains and in the
.auons which separate them, men live
40 oe grizzled and brawny. with anne
si.es which devour all food with ayidity
snu relish, and which the city man. af-
hicteo with indigestion. enyies whom
ever chance affords the opportunity for
eei comparison, more than ANYTHING
eise. speak from a personal knowl-
euge OF the fact, for these reflections
eio inuuced by recent visit to the
nea,t OF the Rocky Mountains In Col
9rado. The Denver & Rio Grande
railroad takes the traveller at
DenVer and carries him amidst
the splendor OF scenery on every
hand. to the confines of the wilderness
nisn up In the clouds, where birds and
peasts ana fishes are free. but where
men nave also encroached. and are
spending their lives in digging and
oIasting for the precious minerals
which the mountains hide behind their
rocky fronts. Camping outfits which
Deiong TO city people, out for a good
time, "roughing IT," are to be seen in
many OF the beautiful parks, made by
the rush OF waters and left when they
receded to their newly-established beds.
us the thing to do, they hold, to spend
portion OF the year away from busi-
ness, and the theory that ten or eleven
months OF good work makes up for the
time spent In regaining health, and is
all that anybody ought to do is gain
Ing many converts. In the summer the
mountains and the canons are lovely,
put not more so. think, than when in
the Autumn they assume their royal
colors and when the air has q snap in
II, and the red rosebuds are fragrant
as apples, and the grass which Drowned
under the hot sun, has been refreshed
by the later rains and Is green, vieing
with the cedars and pines which tower
above, reaching the clouds.
There are some fine lakes in the
mountains west of the San Luis valley,
and he who enjoys piscatorial sport
may have his feast. The trout are
those delicious spotted beauties which
wear your patience when you are ang-
ling and give you such an opportunity
to edify your friends on your return
home. The enterprising Denver & Rio
Grande road has reached the vicinity
Of the fishing resorts. as well as the
mining camps, and the traveller can 60
as comfortably as he wishes to. until
he reaches the point from which the
way must be gone by wagon or on
horseback. Alamosa is good outfit
ting point-so is Monte Vista or Del
Norte, or any of the many bustling
towns which are passed. The weather
is delightful until as late as January,
and no inconvenience will be expert
enced at night II you do have to lie
with the sky for ceiling. We camped
one night at Lake Fork. on the other
side of a mountain 5000 feet high,
about six miles from the practically
deserted village OF Platora, and the old
hero of Gettysburg. who had lost his
right arm and his hearing at the same
moment, and Is now mining, with the
help Of his son, told us that across the
lake there were plenty OF bear and deer
and mountain lions and other big game.
1t was so plenty that the ranch men
and the cowboys gave II a wide berth.
and relinquished the idea Of sending
cattle over there to Craze, as they were
sure to find fewer brands when they
rounded them up later. The locality
affords such variety Of amusement that
II is an ideal one for any company OF
friends, no matter how varied their
tastes or their object in making the
trip. Let me suggest to my readers
that they try it. II not this Fall, then
next Summer.
F. p. BAKER.