Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-08

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which, like ribbon, lies in plain vioy
In the valley below. A cemetery ly
ing above Silver Plume was pointed
out, and the guide very solemn!
remarked that 1t is the highest art
healthiest in the world. Swinging
around to the other side Of the noun
tein we soon reach the t'mtU line
and find ourselves climbing Mt. Nc
CleilGn. The wag1h load LEADING
over the Argentine Pass was shown
the guide remarking hnt this was
the rad that Brigham Young passed
over on his way to U;al with his
wiyeE forty Of whom he had left
in Dtnyer to take ca.e CT the chill
dren, the truthfulness Of which
cGnntt vouch for. The summit
rsacle6 one stands in bewilderment
befoit the grandeur Of the scenery,
No artists brush has q er portrayed
it, beauty, no pen will e'er adequate
ly describe 1t. Looking down the
steep precipice an immense basin
forty-flve hundred feet deep spreads
out before the gaze Of the beholder.
On every hand are to be seen rugged
walls Of granite rising up majesti-
cally. One hundred and six promi-
nent peaks are now visible. Standing
in the presence Of this wilderness Of
subllmity the traveller is lost In the
immensely Of this sea of mountain
peaks. Enchanted by the glories of
nature one is loath to leave such a
splendid panorama, but the guide
gives orders to fall in line for the
Ice Palace, and there is no time for
delay. At its entrance we provided
with old fashioned tallow
candles, the electrical apparatus Icing
out of commission. Entering the
palace there comes the strange feel
ing as Of entrance to another world,
The exquisite formation OF ice found
only in such high altitude forces
lie conclusion, that even the beaiti-
'ul flowers possess no CREATE charm
han does this display of fragile tend
ills. But It is too cold to tarry
here, and we hasten out, soon to
'egin the descent. This trip COM
,leted, having seen all these wonders
md beauties Of nature, there is the
eeing that lifetime has been lived
n q day. The writer enj yed a |
lumber of these splendid and in
FIRING trips, but he has space left
My for few words concerning one
nele, the Switzerland Trail 1t is
ifiicult to say which of tho numer-
us trips through Colorado is the
est. No two are alike, and 1t MAJ
srs not how many are taken new
fractions are always afforded The
wif7erland Trail is net to be given
second place among these wonder
hi trips. OF this some one has said
Imagine spiders web in til days
the Titans, whose fairy threada
18th a perimeter Of fifty miles, en-
Ircling valleys, spanning gorges, and
-aversing the glacier-swept sides Of
he Rockies, then swinging from
eak to peak through the blue ether
supernal gladness, and you have
faint realization Of the Switzerland
all that scales the rugged breast
the front range Of the Rocky
Iountains," the trip is made over
lie D. B. and w. r. R. This road
as two lines, one going to Ward,
I'D the other to Eldora, each rival
ng the other in scenic splendor. A
" spent with this road win give
Ie sight-seer all that his heart
'uld desire stately mountains plac-
lakes. fields Of waving grain and
herald alfalfa, peaceful villages sur
unded by orchards, winding brook.
ming scenes. and hum OF toll. This
without question one Of the best
fractions Of the state and will not
II 60 arouse the sn.husiaFm Of the
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