Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-09-27
A TRIP TO THE PACIFICCOAST
SOME EVENTFUL HAPPEN
INGS EN- ROUTE.
Sights And Scenes Incident Upon
The Trip of Knight Tenn
plar Across The
Continent.

vet they see not. This, however, is
not the case of an Annapolis Knight
Templar, who recently took trip
across the continent and to whom
nothing was lost of the sights en-
route The occasion for making the
trip was the Triennial Concalve of
the knights Templar of Maryland and
the District of Columbia, which was
held in San Francisco The Annapo-
lis Knight Templar, who took mental
notes en- route on his return jotted
them down as follows:
Eve left Baltimore at one minute
after midnight on Wednesday, August
"a, or rather, the morning of the 25,
and ran to Washington, where we
took on four Pullman sleepers with
therDisrrict of Columbia Templars and
their families, the Maryland party
having three sleepers and a baggage
car We left Washington at 10 a.
m on the 25th and reached Deer Park
at 2. 30 a. M, where we had the first
meal en- route TO the West Our next
stop was at Parkersburg, w. Va.
for dinner. Here the local comman-
derry met us at the depot with brass
band and escorted us to the hotel for
dinner, at ] 80 We left Parkersburg
at D. m. Our next stop was at Gin
cinnati at p. m. for supper in the
station restaurant. We pulled out at
9. 30 and reached st. Louis next morn
ing at O'Clock, where we had break
fast at the station restaurant. Then
we boarded the trolley cars for Amer
can Hotel. where we had lodging for
two-days stay at the Fair.
After getting rooms assigned, our
party piled into the fair grounds
only one square from the hotel, and
here spent two days and a night IL
sightseeing. This fair is much larger
in area of ground covered than the
Chicago fair, and while the buildings
may be individually handsomer, yet
the general effect-the cause of its
more scattered appearance, is not SO
pleasing to the visitor. l think a
great majority of our party were dis
finctly disappointed in that regard
Within the buildings exhibits were
quite as fine and interesting as were
those at Chicago, but had hoped they
would far exceed them, consequently
| was not very favorablv impressed.
On Saturday. from TO o p. m. we
took supper in Union Station at ST.
Louis and at 10 took our train again
We arrived in Kansas City at 7. 30 a.
m. on Sunday. We breakfasted at
the station, and left there at II
O'Clock and took luncheon and dinner
ON the dining car which we took ON
at Kansas City. We arrived at Pueblo,
Col. at 5 a. IN. on August 30, and
were switched over to the Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad, which hauled
us TO Manitou, which place we reach
ed about 9 a. m. After breakfast at
the Cliff House, all made the ascent to
Pixies Peak on the Cog railway. 1t
was raining when we started from
the foot.
"When about one third the way up
il stopped and threaened to clear OFF,
but when about two thirds upit began
to snow, and when we reached the
summit ii was showing to beat the
band, and snow four inches deep was
on the mountain at that height. This
made the walking so disagreeable (to-
gether with the cold, 30 degrees) that
many of the party did not leave the
cars. / went to the Inn on the sum-
mitt and had cup of coffee and q
sandwich, and bought some souvenirs.
OF course the falling snow obscured
the view, so most of us had only the
sensation of having been IA, 107 feet
alb we the sea level. Quite number
of our party felt the effect of the high
altitude and rarefied air, we're giddy,
faint and bled at the nose, but we
were entirely free from all unpleasant
sensations. Descending from the
summit we took carriages for drive
through the Garden of Gods, but the
lateness of the hour and overhanging
clouds made it too dark TO see any
thing to any advantage. We return
ed to Colorado Springs at p. m, and
had dinner at the Antlers, a handsome
new hotel, entirely rebuilt in the last
four wears. We boarded our train at
10. 80 and pulled out of Colorado
Springs at 2 a. M, arriving in Dem
yer at 6 O'Clock. where we had break
fast at the Brown Palace Hotel.
After breakfast we took the car over
the Southern Railway and Went over
the celebrated Georgetown Loop trip,
having a luncheon at Silver Plume
and returning to Denver at p. M.
Then we took the 'tSeeing Denver
trolley cars and rode about the city
for two hours. Each car carried a
guide. who pointed out the sights
worth seeing.
"After dinner at Brown Palace we
again boarded our train and returned
to Pueblo, which we reached during
the night. Going on from there we
all got up about O'Clock next morn
ing so as not to miss the view when
we went through the Royal Gorge, and
il certainly was magnificent. We
arrived at Salida at about s a. m. on
August 81 and had breakfast at the
station restaurant We left there at
S. 80 and arrived at Glenwood Springs
at 3. 30, two hours late for dinner.
This is a most beautiful spot and a
fine hotel, but it was raining hard all
the time we were there. so we could
not walk around and enjoy the splen-
did grounds about the hotel. This was
the only time on our entire trip when
we used umbrellas. The hotel was
mite a walk from the station and no
trolley cars to take us to it. Indeed
we had to cross over the Grand River
by means of a foot bridge, just wide
enough for two to walk abreast. We
left here at p. m. and reached Salt
Lake City at Z q. M, September l,
where we had breakfast and dinner at
the Knutsford. The forenoon wns de-
voted to individual sightseeing. In
the afternoon we had observation troll
lev cars for ride about the city and
then went by steam railway to Salt
Air Beach, sixteen miles distant on
the shore Of the great Salt Lake.
From this point is visible at q point