La Junta tribune., 1916-07-29
HOME FROM LONG AUTO TRIP.
$500 Miles In u Ford AutOmO-
bile in Fifty-five Days.

MT and Mrs. w. NJ. Scott and Mr..
and Mrs. c. W. Mays arrived home
last Saturday from journey of S.
$50 miles in Ford automobile, dur
| ing which they passed through the
states of New Mexico, Arizona, Cali
fornia. Oregon. Washington, Idaho
and Utah. visited many interesting
points en- route, and returned home
in fine spirits and good health. with
out having experienced break
down or a mishap of any consequence
during the entire trip. They left La
Junta May 29th and arrived home
on July 22d. being absent fifty-five
days. With the exception of thirteen
days of that time they camped out
and slept out every night, wherever
they happened to be, made an aver
age of III miles a day on the entire
trip, and had the time of their lives.
Eight days were required to make
the journey to Los Angeles. a dis
tance of 1857 miles, and the total
expense for the party of four. includ-
ing meals. gasoline. and all other In
| cidental expenses. was s45. Many in
teresting points were visited en-
route, including the Petrified For
est and the Grand Canyon Of Ari-
zona-earth's scenic wonder This
is reached by an excellent automobile
road from Flagstaff. a distance of
| eighty-four miles to the north. Flag
staff, THE Skylight City" of Ari-
zona, is situated on the main line OF
the Santa Fe, at an altitude of about
largest unbroken pine forest in the
world. II is a little town of about
$500 population To the northeast
of Flagstaff are the Hopi and Nava-
10 Indian reservations and the Paint
ed Desert. concerning which Walter
Dubree has written so entertaining
| ly In the Tribune. Flagstaff Is the
QUILTING point for visitors to the
world-famous Snake Dance of the
Hopi Indians, held annually in Aug
ust. which Mr.. Dubree so graphically
described in the Tribune nearly a
year ago Still farther on to the north
east are the natural bridges of Utah.
the worlds five greatest natural
bridges. recently discovered. and
some OF the finest prehistoric ruins
on the continent. Also near Flag
staff are the famous Montezuma
Castle. Montezuma Well. and many
others not so well known. Numerous
caves of unknown eNtent-bottomless
pits. into which the flood waters pour
and are lost. and still others filled
with ice that never melts.
From the Grand Canyon the auto
mobile party went nearly straight
south to Williams, Ariz,, and got on
the main travelled continental road
again. and then west to Kingman
and Needles. Ariz. Seventeen miles
this side OF Needles they passed over
the Colorado river on the Topock
bridge. the longest cantilever bridge
In the world. This bridge was built
by Uncle Sam. and Its construction
was under the supervision OF Walter
Dubree. OF this city, this being his
first job while In the employ OF the
government. He Is now located at
Tuba. Ariz.. supervising the construc.
ton of buildings at the Navajo Indi-
an agency.
From the Needles the tourists went
through Barstow and San Bernar-
dino and finally landed at Pasadena,
where they spent seven days, tho
longest stop OF the entire trip, They
also visited Los Angeles. meeting
many former La Juntaites there. and
also AT many other points In Cali
fornia. and spent two days at cata-
lima Island. Northward they took
the inland route To San Franciso.
and on this trip journey-d over some
of the finest automobile roads on the
continent. A view OF one OF these
concrete roads. OF which there are
miles and miles In California, will be
found In the accompanying group pic
ture on the nth page OF this Issue.
|, This particular stretch OF road Ia To-
Gated near Fresno, The tourists
! made ia miles on one OF these roads
IN one day over the Mojavc desert.
Two and one.half days were spent