The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-08-24

garden is very beautiful indeed
and is made Of two natural red
sandstone spires between which
the road runs. These spires go up
to great height and can be seen
from long distance a famous
object in the garden is the big
balanced Rock" which is about
a mile from the entrance. The
massive rock has been photo
graphed "a much as any other
scene around here. The south
view Of the rock gives it the up
pearance Of resting on u very mar
row neck, and as it leans II little
to one side looks like it was bal
anced
The Cathedral Spires and Siam
ese Twins are two well known tea-
lures Of the Garden of the
Gods" The Siamese Tw II ;
slightly resemble two men with II
small neck connecting them. The
Mushroom Park just west of the
garden is u very odd freak Of ma
ture, deriving its name from the
mum Der of large mushroom shap-
ed rocks in it. There are many
oddly shaped rocks, caves, etc,
around the Garden of the Gods"
which are indeed hard TO under.
stand. One place in the side Of
cliff is called 1.-THE old mans
wine cellar" There is natural
cavity in the wall in which is II
stone shelf resembling bench
and TO one side in the rocks is
what looks very much like n wine
barrel with hoops upon it. Names
are given to many of these freaks,
but it would take up too much
space we're i to mention them all
The South Cheyenne Canyon
south of Colorado Springs con-
tains a great deal of beautiful
scenery and its chief attraction is
the famous Seven Falls. There
are seven distinct falls in one
place, one below the other. The
mountain stream runs over a
high bluff, fall number one being
about 100 feet above fall number
seven 1t is silver cascade be-
yond description. In this beau,i-
full place there is worlds of work
for a camera. About half a mile
east of this place is the big rock
covered grave of Helen Hunt
Mrs. Jackson) the explores.
This grave is visited quite fire.
quently by tourists who wish to
see the last resting place of this
famous woman.
At the curio station near Seven
Falls is "Old Dick" snow
white donkey, "A years old. This
old burro is mentioned in the
writings of Helen Hurst and also
became famous as Il pack donkey
with signal corps that climbed
Pixies Peak 26 years ago. One of
the fadsof the many visitors to
Seven Falls is to have their pic
ture taken on this old donkey
with the falls as Il back ground.
1t does make neat souvenir of
the place. "Old Dick" pays no
attention to anything going on
about him, acting like an old
person, but as soon as lump of
sugar is offered him, he is as spry
as a young donkey.
The Pillars of Hercules III this
canyon, one on each side of the
road, are the two most massive
and the highest crags | have seen
on my whole trip They are al
most exactly the same height and
are composed of solid rock,
Another trip that seems popu-
lar with visitors is to the Cave Of
the Winds, very queer natural
cave near this city. There are
many little hooks and corners in
this cave all of which are named.
Probably the prettiest sights in
side are the big colored stalactites
hanging from the ceiling like
icicles. 1t is very weird place
but is we'll worth visiting.
What | have seen of Colorado
is one large garden spot. Most of
the scenery, as one writer de-
scribesit, "bankrupts the English
language" In my opinion a
better place to spend a summer
vacation doesn't exist. No one
but a pessimist could come here
during the summer season and
not enjoy his visit. certainly
hope to take the trip over again
sometime in the future.
AUSTIN CUNNINGHAM.