Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-08-08
VACATIONS ON G|LA
ARE MOST ENJOYABLE
Those Who PatrOni7ed California
Resorts Declare Attractions
Are Overestimated
TRIP TO NORTH AMERICA ROOF
In Shady Canyon Where Snow-Fed
Brook Harbors Trout, Real
Rest and Sport Found

Many Deming citizens who spent
their summer vacation in Southern
California points have returned and
declare that never again will they be
prrsnaded lo seek recreation which
does not "rc-creaie." In other words
the climate of Southern California
during the long dry season is miser-
ably hot, most of the time. even on
the beaches where the cool breezes
are alleged lin the railroad litera-
mre) 10 I'LL the tired lungs with fresh
ozone with the twang of salt in it.
Bul those who have made the long
tresome journey. and cnmped in the
summer resort hotels with their flun-
kics of the everlasting open hands,
declare there is neither balmy
zephyrs nor rest for the leg weary.
The cost of the trip Is IN item and
many feel that they have received no
adequate return for the funds eX-
pended.
Others. with less money perhaps,
but with more philosophical tenden-
cirs. took real vacations in the Black
Range, not over seveniy-iive miles
from the post office in Deming, where
the GiIa River courses between pine
clad precipices and where the speck-
led trout play in the cool depths of
crystal pools. In II camp beside the
stream and under the shelter of "los
alamos" real rest and comfort may
be found.
BE out of your blankets when the
first light of day gilds the dark cor
nice of basat rocks atop of the can
yon walls and gather the dead twigs
under the willows which fringe the
brooks margin. A little blaze be-
tween two stones will soon set the
bacon to sizzling while the aroma OF
steuming Java floats up from the
battered coffee pot Ii is cold and
the goose flesh appears on the skin
as y"u take your morning tub III the
nuw-icd stream. \ brisk rub with
the towel and cup of coffee soon
chases the shivers away, however,
and soon the blood is racing madly
through the veins as it hasn't for
years. Your stomach presents the
proportion of II Silver Tips to the
minds eye. And breathe. l.ordy
Lordy, The four bags of Aeolus
seem to be- pumping oxygen into the
lungs thai had "ro Rent sign on
million air cells closed long ago for
want of business. For minute or
two You are undecided whether to
race up and down the sandy trail or
eat. You eat, of course, because de-
lay, Your stomach says, will cause
almost instant death from starvation.
The way You bolt your bacon is dis
grace to polite society, and frightens
You because of the primal instincts
1t inspires in defiance of long studied
convenlionalities
Breakfast, II pipe, then saddle the
scrubby paint pony for the long jour
hey up stream. As there was no
grass IN the canyon you staked your
horse on the mesa where the gramma
grows knee high. You will not
be back To camp for I'M hour, 50 take
The 1890 in the hope of chance
meeting with the king of the ella for
est, his majesty the grizzly bear.
Away from camp you may startle a
deer on the way from his morning
sup, but you may not shoot at this
season, the law says. There is little
possibility of meeting the mountain
lion, though he might have been
prowling about the camp last night.
be sure the great eat is now far up
the mountain fastness, as is his
cousin, the bob-cat.
After extracting your favorite fly
from the saddle bags. place your
worldly goods ON the back of the de-
Jected pinto and soon you are nego-
tlatlng the winding ascent, stopping
now and then during the morning to
cast in likely pools and, if you are
good fisherman, you will partake
OF feast at noon which Epicurus
himself might envy you. But, if you
would stand on the roof of the world
before the sun sinks in an irridescent
blaze behind the western peaks, cut
the noon rest short and again take
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