Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-09
!. THREE MARSHALITOWN SUN,
BONNETS ABROAD.

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THREE MARsHALLTowN SUN
BoNNETS ABROAD. Fl
sight Seeing IL the Yellowstone
If we could tell all the wonders and
beauties of the Yellowstone Park you
would not believe our stories, of such
unusual charm and coloring would they
be, and SO we will not try to do more
than make some reader so long to go
that this most delightful trip in all the
world may be lived In anticipation and
enjoyed in reality as we have for years
anticipated and at last had our dreams
realized.
1t is not an expensive trip as many
suppose. With summer excursion rates
and the camping methods Of travel the
trip can be made with comfort for 500.
One has need to know how to travel and
enjoy themselves with a small amount
OF luggage to make this trip, and 1t is
surprising with how little one can get
along when 1t is necessary to do 50;
and every one goes into the park for
sightseeing and not for the study of
fashion plates. Three Marshalltown
ladies discarded tailor gowns and sailor
hats at Cinnabar. Mont. and We're
ready for the park dressed in bicycle
suits, sun bonnets, heavy gloves and
shoes, with warm flannel underwear
and heavy shawls and mackintoshes.
Men We're comfortably clad In wheel
suits with heavy flannels and overcoats.
There Is something about wheel suit
that makes men and women children In
spirit, and every one starts out In the
jolliest mood imaginable, determined to
not mind the discomforts of long rides
over the busiest of roads.
4 Your vocabulary, like Mother Hub
bard's cupboard, will seem bare indeed
as you try to paint In words the marvel
Gus scenery of this northwest corner of
Wyoming. Nestled In the heart OF a
spur of the Rocky mountains, its
boundaries overlapping on the north a
few miles into Montana and on the west
into Idaho and Montana, lies this wonder
Iof the world less appreciated at home
than by tourists from abroad. The
park extends about Slxty-f1ve miles east
and west and about seventy-five north
and south. The elevation the tourist
enjoys is from 5000 to 5000 feet, all
though many peaks rise from 10000 to
4 $4,000 feet above sea level. The last of
July or the month Of August Is said to
be the best time of the year to enjoy
this outing. Three Marshalltown sun
bonnets entered the park July "a and
Ispent twelve memorable days sight
4 seeing. From the moment the driver
cracks his whip and the horses speed
lover the barren, rocky road into Gardi-
ner canyon the traveller finds himself
lin land of enchantment. The Gardi-
ner river was our first love and to II
we remained faithful through all. A
typical mountain stream, now on one
side the road, and now on the other
whirling. foaming. dashing down Its
rocky way and to It's beauty Is added
!. our first mystery of the park-a boiling
river emptying into the Gardiner, tenn.
pering its waters go that ice never
forms In the river from this point down
On we ride past Fort Yellowstone
where tourists gaze admiringly on tn,
soldier ladies even II they are onl,
moving lawns and performing tn,
mental tasks of everyday life. Tw,
troops of cavalry are quartered her
! land and at sub-stations throughout tn
: park. and these soldiers, handsomel.
: mounted, are frequently met in day
ride on patrol duty.
\ We would but be trying to make
guide book of ourselves and of TIN
Times-Republican to try to describe al
8 the points of interest seen in our twelv
. days trip. The Mammoth hot spring
e alone are we'll worth the long journey
4 Imagine n barren calcined plane lead
t ling up to volcanic elevation composed
i of terrace above terrace of the most ex
r qulsitely delicate tracery in all the col
V ors of the rainbow. The walls of tn
n terraces seemed often like petrifled rip
e llets of liquid color, and again like tn
V most delicate carving In purest marble
: and on each terrace are boiling spring
g of all imaginable tints. Each poe
seemed a liquid gem. and misty va
S por adds to the uncanny atmosphere o
t 1T all. On we ride from the springs u
q and upward through the Golden Gate
!. whose rocky walls rise from 200 to 80
d feet above our heads Stopping tn
v horses for backward view. then o
g again to whirl round curve and b
n greeted by the Rustic Falls dashin
. down sixty feet over messy lodges, 1t
q foaming waters glistening in the sun
shine One beautiful scene but open
IF tIle way lutO SDIIleLIlIlS lar more Deuu
h tiful, we thought, as we rode throug
IS Swan Lake Basin-a bit of mountai
II prairie inhabited by elks and dee
q dotted over with lakes. and surrounde
: by snow-covered peaks. And OH tn
q flowers of this mountain journey. Owe
500 varieties. Such gorgeous flower
"a and such delicate fairy blossoms!
was Impossible to leave them alone.
y Our guide expatiated on the wonder
- full glass mountain and glass roadwa
:, seen on this days ride. but 1T was OF
- first and only disappointment. In til
: shadow 1t resembles mountain
ie coal, and in the sunshine imaginatio
had to aid us In finding its speci,
), beauty.
- Will we ever forget our first sabbat
=, in this cathedral of Gods own hand
~ work, where the mountains preached
= us of the power and majesty of Go
~ the cascades and rivers sang his praise
:. and the flowers silently whispered o.,
~ and DER their pater nosters? All nj
lie ture chanted the words:
4 milne ewes are opened and do see