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The Central Route

Angeles.
Tho Central Route.
On the central route hotel cor
dations can be a all the way
through: from Omaha to Denver the
roads are good: from Denver to Forks
of h Rockies to Tie Siding and the
Laramie plains in Wyoming, where
he highest elevation Of the Rockies is
reached. the conditions also are sat-
isfactory. The trail from Laramie to
Medicine Bow. Wyo.. is very good, but
what bad up to Evanston, Wyo., near
the Utah line. From Evanston to Salt
Lake City scenery and road conditions
are fine.
Probably the worst Dads on the
whole route are o the north end
OF the great Salt lake. Most cross
country tourists ship across the lake,
but this is not necessary. The run can
be made by starting early, with easy
driving through the washouts. Not one
of our 12 cars had a fiat tire on this
days run. From Ogden to Lucin,
Utah. from Montello. New, through
Wells. Elko. Eureka, Austin and to
Reno the roads are good except for
a few alkali fats where the dust is
very heavy. Hotel accommodations
are good at any of these points. From
Reno to Truckee. Lake Tahoe and the
summit of the Sierra Nevada noun
tafns The scenery is beautiful and the
proving to Sacramento and Frisco.
Two Routes Compared.
It would be hard to a which route
The old Santa Fe trail is very inter-
esting all the way, inc from La Junta.
Colo. the Indian life begins. There
are found adobe buildings and build
ings of the mission style, good hotels
and good roads to Albuquerque, N. M.
From this point on It is necessary to
camp out and this is certainly ideal
country for camping. November nights
are almost az light as day, due to a
bright moon and the high elevation.
There are clumps Of cedars on New
Mexico's mountains and deserts that
make the finest camp fires. Nights are
cool and days are very pleasant. Lava
beds. extinct volcanoes. salt lakes,
forest reservations. red buttes, land
buttes. mesas. rocky canons, desert
basins. deep arroyos, Indian reserva-
TONS. giant cactus and a dozen other
species are many Of the interesting
features that can be seen only alonT
the old Santa Fe trail.
This route has one 45-mile climb.
about three 20-mile climbs and many
three-mile climbs. but being 80 far
south can probably be covered at any
time OF h year.
Central Route More Practical.
The central route is more practical.
It Is free from long climbing on the
low and second speeds. The continent
tai divide is crossed at $500 feet and
the Sierra Nevada mountains at 1900
feet, but the highest elevation il
reached at Tie Siding, Wyo.. which A
on the plains 5000 feet above sea level.
The climb is 30 gradual over the Lar
annie plains that n does not realize
the grade or the rarified atmosphere.
The steepest grades are in the Sierra
Nevada mountains but are easy to me-
gotiate. 20 there 10 nothing to fear on
this route except the summer rains in
Iowa, while the Sierra Nevada summit
must be crossed before the middle OF
| October to avoid the heavy snow
storms. as winter sets in early up there
and lasts q long time. Even In the first
week Of August we found q bank Of
snow several feet deep on the shady
the remains Of last winters SHOWS.
On the central route large cities and
| fine hotel accommodations can be flg-
ured on at the M Of each week. For
instance. Indianapolis was the hrst
Sunday stop Of the ocean-to.ocean car
avian: Omaha the next. Denver Salt
Lake City and San Francisco following
in order.
Southern Controls Not 90 Coed.
These accommodations can only be
had up to albuquerque. N. NJ. ON the
southern route. Then again It 10 nee
essary TO roll boulders and build roads