Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-08-06
TOURING
IN AMERICAS
WONDERLANDI
Colorado, Utah, Arizona and
New Mexico Motorists
Paradise.
SCENERY Is MAGNIFICENT
Car Owners Prepared for the
First Annual Touring
Week Carnival.
SCENERY is MAGNIFICENT

When Nature modelled the Higher
Rockies. and their great watersheds
and slopes failing away throughout
the states OF Colarodo Utah, Arizona
| and New Mexico. she fashlsned one
great and perfect park for automobile
tours Doubtless she had an eye on
little assistance later In the form of
good roads from man. Man has done
his part. and Is still doing IT, This
Alpine region Of the United States.
which transcends In beauty and scope
Its namesake, IN vertable Paradise
OF motoring tours. Let the autpmo-
billst steer his car In whatever direc-
tlon his within dictates and he will
mlngle with scenic grandeur beyond
the Imagination OF an artist.
To live In this scenic maxnlhcencs
Is boon, to enjoy II Is n duty. Vaca-
ton is standing at the door of tho
garage. The man who does not hand
her into his motor car. and off to tho
wondrous region just at the horizon
Is trifling with his vacation.
Presents BewiIderIaE Array
Colorado presents an array OF scenic
~
selection with forty-one peaks each
over $4,000 feet high. countless can
yons and gorges of rugged beauty.
lakes beyond numbering, four national
parks or monuments thick with star
Ting manifestations OF nature, the au.
tomobIllst has excuse for confusion
To the north of the state he may visit
the Rocky Mountain National Park and
travel on to Steamboat Springs. Longs
Teak win be his guiding point. Az tho
center Of Colorado runs the Grand Can
yon Of the Arkansas displaying novelty
and beauty with every mile. Holy Cross
mountain. the Sky Line Drive at Canon
CITY tho Royal Gorge, and the Gar
den Of the Gods are red letter points
that may be linked on one automobile
tour.
In the southern section of the state
lies Wheeler National Monument. and
the Mesa Verde Park, "a unique show
place. The finest specimens OF the cliff
dweller communities are to be found In
this park.
Utah's Natural Charms
Utah is as rich in bizarre nature as
I'm scenic beauty She has her noun
talns and her mountain lakes TO which
the motorist may wend. but most strik-
Ing OF all her offerings are the widely
separated Wasatch and san Juan coun-
tries The seeker for the strange dis
triut are the curious rock formations
that are just beginning to receive the
attention their fantastic aspect de-
serves. Medicine Hat. The Idiot. Three
Finger Rock, and The Twins Will give
he motortst with penchant for
'reakish nature the tour of his life
1ot fer away are the celebrated nat
Iral bridges and Great Caves The
beauty tour of the state, however. is
dong the Green River Canyon. The
iesa Verde Park iB geographically as
much part of Utah as OF Colorado.
Purysyor OF BI.arre
Arizona Is a purveyor OF bizarre In
ature. From whatever section of the
tate the motorist cares to start, he
an soon be at point to charm and
tartle the eye. The old Apache tran.
.hlch takes one from Globe 20 Phoe-
tx Is an Ideal jaunt rich with inter
st. on II one passes the Roosevelt
am. and makes an easy going trip
trough painted buttes and canyons
hat make Il look ten thousand times
iore difficult 10 traverse than Sc is
triking TO the north or the old Apache
rail- one may pass up through the
onto Basin district into pretty noun
ain country where lie some Of the
ldcr settlements OF the state, Pres
ut is in the heart 81 q rugged granite
striCt rich in mines bet richer In
gend. To the faT north are the great
ondors OF the state the unrivRlsd
rand Canyon. kins 90 all canyons. the
Opt Indian stttier1snfs and che Pet
fed Forest near NafNrnok Th the
midwest 81 tAls Sis,rsct ans nsare-
onto Easin. - res on ~ the oia cliE
cllcrA raAte uCitv 0Fthy ~ Marts-
mas Cassla Natural Bridge ana
,utczUua S wen
New NeX}ee che 0s6
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tea Stasrs 70 MANY raaparts hrsvs
,av su U5eTesgus g0ur 81 the HBtr-
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le h ike @ v'hlcl csnnet ~ fNure
nv'NesH even " tho CREST veat
WI ~ ghu vicIriey OF 81 paso the
torist may visit both the besutlfn
& bizarre OF Rocky Mountain sect
p IN the mountains and canyon of
Sacramanto are rugged beauties
I wonders equal TO more advertised
It's. Hueeo Tanks, the Frankiin
untains. and the white santa region
/ al well be object points Of an ex~
ordinary tour with III P1se -
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