New Britain herald., 1915-02-18
ITINERARY OF ELKS'
 TRIP TO CALIFORNIA
All Points of Interest Along the
 Way Will Be Viewed.

Arrangements have finally been completed for the official tour of the New England Elks to Los Angeles for the grand lodge reunion. The Connecticut contingent will leave on a special train. Tuesday, June 29, and will consist of Elks and friends from New Haven, Hartford, Ansonia, Bris- tol, Danbury, Derby, Naugatuck, New Britain, New London, Putnam. South Norwalk, Stamford and Waterbury.
 The tour will include the following itinerary: Wednesday, June 30. ar rive Niagara Falls After breakfast special electrtcs will be taken for in teresting three-hour trip over the In. ternational belt line and Niagara Gorge route. affording a nearby view of tne Whirlpool rapids and the rapids itself, returning to Niagara Falls Journey is resumed Thursday, July 1, days ride through Iowa and across portions of Nebraska and Kansas. Friday, July 2, Colorado Springs Is reached at 7:30 a. m. and headquar- ters is established. After breakfast, carriage is taken for an interesting ride through the Garden of the Gods'' Other interesting side trips are Gold Fields. Cripple Creek, Vic
  train will leave Colorado Springs at 2 a. m., passing through the Grand Canyon and Royal Gorge, stopping at Glenwood Springs three hours. Sat urday, July 4, arrive Salt Lake City at 7:3O a. m. Visits will be made to the temple tabernacle and other in teresting buildings, also side trip 10 Salt Air beach and the buoyant waters of the Great Salt lake. Special train leaevs Salt Lake City at 7:15 D. m. Monday, July ,, arrive Yellowstone l Station at a. m. A four day tour | of Yellowstone Park, taking in all the ! wonderful sights and scenic show ! places. Friday July 9, arrive Ogden | els a. m. Leave Ogden 9:30 a. m. l Arrive Riverside Saturday, July 10, 1 a. m. Leave Riverside at D. m, l arriving Los Angeles 9 D. m. Sun day to Thursday in Los Angeles. The 1 city will be found en fete in honor of | the grand lodge and annual reunion | of the Elks. There will be a grand 1 electrical parade Tuesday evening. | One day will be devoted to a visit to Catalina Island, also side trip to the Panama California exposition and the smaller exposition at San Diego will be seen. Thursday, July IS, leave Los Angeles, arrive Santa Barbara July 16. A visit to the old Fran ciscan Mission will be made. Satur- day, July IT, at Del Monte. from Del M onte to Santa Cruz and the famous Grove of Big Trees,'' many twenty feet in diameter and over 300 feet in height. Arrive at San Francisco at 6:30 D. m. Points of interest which will be taken are Golden Gate Park, Seal Rocks, the Presidio and the sights of Chinatown, also of course the great exposition, held to com m morate the completion of the Pan anna canal
 Leave San Francisco, July 21. July p, an all-day ride northern California and Ore gon, following the famous Sacramento river and close by the snow-capped peak of Shasta. Arriving at Port land, July 23, tour of the city will be provided leaving at 1:30 D. m. for a daylight sail along the Columbia river and the state of Washington, ar irving Seattle D. m. Saturday, July "A, in Seattle. Sunday, July 25, leave Seattle at 9 a. m. for delightful trip through Puget Sound, reaching Vic toria at 1:15 D. m. The capital of British Columbia is essentially an old English city. Leave Victoria at 3 D. m for a, trip across the Gulf of Georgia to Vancouver. Leave Van 1 co,,ver at s D. m., arriving Monday Ju1v o6 at Glacier Station, spending tho evening at Field. Tuesday, July o7, continuing to Lake Louise, the 1 most beautiful of the famous Lakes