The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1907-03-02

ms 1AioJ HO"SfeI, WIS EdGItSE Iu6 ldulL
OF his machine or, let US say, the fault
OF his mlSfortunes than because of the
roads, for it seems that when about half
way over his power began to fail him,
that later he had tire trouble, and that
still later rather important part of his
machinery broke. Hence it was that he
limped IT, his destination along the mar
, row, winding roads until long after
darkness had overtaken him; hence he
Was IN no satisfactory frame of mind to
discuss without bias or prejudice any
other st. Augustine trip or t" make SItg-
gcStl"nS that really suggested anything
worth the while. However. that is
neither here nor there. The point is.
! not mtmidated by this and certain
other rather grueSumc tales of >wampS,
boys, sands, etc, to be encountered, we
started out IN our touring car for St
Augustine. \ little more than FIVE
hours later, in which is to be included =
! time for luncheon, we stopped at the
hotel III St Augustine none the worse
I for wear and very much the better for
our experience, for not only had We had
no trouble, but we had passed through
| IN interior Florida whose beauties were
q revelation to us-natural pine needle
| roads, glorious pine hammocks rich with
the fragrance of the pines themselves,
and 4 generally well-wooded country
than which there is no more beautiful
in any part of Florida As Il matter of
fact, this and Our ROckledge trip con-
WINGED us-though We really did not
need the experience to appreciate the
fact-that one really sees nothing of
| Florida from 4 railway train, and that
one actually does not know Florida until
one has gone well into the Florida woods
and interior
But this, you may say, bes> the ques-
ton; 1t says nothing of the roads.
True. | am coming to that now. The
road we followed led Us along the beach
to ormond; thence. passing the DrmOnd
hotel, to Number Nina" thence To the
! Beade, knox u Beade ranch; thence
Swcrving sharply to the left about two
miles, and thence turning again as sharp
ly to the right, and thereafter keeping
generally t" the right TO the main King
road, past Moore'S and Gainesville to
| st. Augustine. The road is one that is
easily f"llowed-indeed, that runs along
! 50 clearly defined that We had II" diff
Guilty III following it, though for full -
miles We met not Il living soul To- co,m-
! sci or guide us of the first part Of the
! road, rs far rs Beade, knox u f,rair'S ),
/ little need be said. II actually may be
sad IL speak for itself, for it is cNrrp-
! tlonIlly good not Il boulevard to be
/ sure, but easily and comfortably fol-
/ lowed Lraving the beach and passing
I the OrmOnd, it follows along the Halifax
river, through beautifully archcd trees.
past several proSperous-io"kins orange
groves that already were fragrant with
! the new blossoms. and near the bridges
spanning Smith and Bulow creeks. For
, the first ruiEc or 81 the road i SHIELDED;
1 thereafter il is the natural road I'M
proved here and there, where improve
! mCnt has been necessary, with pine
| straw and paine ttoN There is no place
/ III this - miles where one cannot 90 at
! high speed though naturally. because
/ Of III" narrowncSs Of the ro;,d and its
Scrpcntine course it Is much the better
/ policy 10 make haste slowly. Between
, Bcadc, Knox 4 Bcadc's and the June
/ ton with the man Ming ; road, two
| miles distant, = closed gate marks the
! junction, the turn to the right being
taken immediately aftrrp;,ssiug through
/ the gate-thc road Is Il combination of
good and Indifferent sand stretches here,
:. solid natural road there. but 1T no
plac" actually bad. Nor, f"r that mat
/ ter, can it be SAID trlthlully that there
is any bad stretch until M"",r'~ is
reached. some few miles farther
There IS sand t. I,r sure, but II i not
of the deceptive, in>InuatIvc kind that
coyly invites You Oh to your despair and
almost destruction. Instead. it is rcla-
lively casy-going, with II" one place
where even 4 smaller powered machine
,cur OWL machine Is :, 24-h"r~r power
Franklin) could not get through. At
Mourc'S, however, there Is :, stretch Of
about 100 yards Of deep gray sand that
i'll very dry weather have 40 doubt
would try ones soul and Patience and
i good engines capacity; but u recent
ram had helped matters somewhat for
Us and we had little difficulty Il WAS
shortly before reaching here that We
met 4 campaign party, made M, "t sev-
cral men and wolnei and u h;tlt-doztn
children, who had travelled al the Way
from Georgia in 4 single camp wagon.
II was from them tti.t W. We're obliged
t" borrow al axe t" overcome = tree
that had rather inronrcniently fallen
directly across the road, and IL such
manner the trees about being thick
that it Was quit" Impossible L" circl"
around It What We should have don't,
had it not been for their pr"vldential
appearance at tins particular spot can
not say, for W. certainly couid not have
proceeded further - long "a the tree
persisted. Thereafter, M""re's being
reached we went EARNED. ,,n axe being
added 70 uur kit