Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-08-09
LAND OF SKY BLUE
WATER BECK0NS
MOTOR TOURISTS
Minnesota Is a Lacework of
Fascinating Automo-
| bile Routes.
MANY VACATION TRIPS
More than Ten Thousand Lakes
Lure Fancy Of Seeker Of
Recreation.
MANY VACATION TRIPS

With more than ten thousand lakes,
with tho picturesque valleys Of four
mighty rivers, and an expanse Of
nesota offers a wealth Of automobile
tours that will bewilder the motorist
who does not take his pencil and
chart his vacation route upon a road
map.
Nevertheless, in lieu Of a touring
plan, the automobiles may set sail
in his machine with all the happy
go-lucky spirit of a knight-errant.
and wander on his way, secure in tho
confidence that wherever he goes
there he will find beauty and rest and
the splendor Of the open, which makes
vacation.
Minnesota has been termed the
Land of Sky Blue Waters Of the
Dakotas," with lakes as turquoise al
the sky, great pools of limpid water
fringed by verdure. whose monotony
is ever broken by rugged shores, 1t II
aptly named. Our state, however. In
not an unbroken vAstnesA~ of sports-
mans paradise. Not only does it pos
sess undulating agricultural lands
rich with their crops. but also a not
work of excellent roads traced over
the commonwealth give to the motor
list the assurance Of pleasant travel
to any section.
Rich In Waterfalls
The state is rich in alluring water
falls and woodland glens, AZ many a.
the diamonds Of a tiara Minnesota
is vacation land with all the signif-
canoe that the word vacation car
ries.
To possess this vacation paradise
at the threshold Of your garage Is .
gift of Providence: to appreciate It
and use it. is almost a mandate.
Little matter what is the span Of
your vacation, you may match 1t al-
most to a minute with a vacation tour
in your motor car. Be it two days. Or
be it two weeks. there lies a ROAD
through our lake lands fashioned for
1t.
Two grand tours hold forth An ex-
tended trip to the automobilist, either
of which will show him variety and
bring him charm. One swings to tho
north and straight to the country Of
Lake Superior. The other turns to
the west line of the Dakotas. Both
thread through the lake district.
where Is born the Father Of Waters.
starting forth from Minneapolis or
st. Paul. travels north to Centre City,
Forest Lake, Lindstrom and Taylor's
Falls. His way leads him up the
Dalles of the St. Croix River. At
Taylor's Falls he views the interest
ing trap rock formation for which
the region is famous.
Proceeding north. the tourist passes
through Wyoming and Pine City and
Hinckley and on through tho lake
district to Duluth. the head of navi-
cation Of the Great Lakes.
Lake Superior Trip
81
along the shore Of Lake Superior to
Grand Marais.
Having retraced tho trail to Duluth,
the motorist strikes north through
Independence and Cotton to Virginia.
This takes him into the pine forests
of Minnesota and a great iron min
ing district He visits Hibbing, tho
heart of the iron mining region. and
tricks on to Grand Rapids and the
lake region Of lake regions.
His next objective point IL Brain
erd. From Brainerd he follows tho
| line of the Mississippi River through
Fort Ripley. Little Falls to Saint
Cloud. From Saint Cloud he may
| complete the circuit to Minneapolis
and Saint Paul along the east side Of
| the Mississippi River.
The grand tour to the west may
| well strike out from st. Paul or Min
neapolis. through Glencoe and Olivia
| to Granite Falls; thence 1t proceeds
| to Ortonville. near which is Big Stone
Lake. The road now travels moro or
less the line Of the Minnesota River.
| through Wheaton and Breckenridge
and Moorhead to Grand Forks, the
terminus of the trip.
| Striking out through Crookston. the
tourist makes for Bemidji. tho inner
shrine Of the lake district. Turning
south to Walker. he travels on to
Park Rapids. and finally to Wadsna,
where he turns east and reaches
Brainerd. Having followed the Ms.
sissippi River to Saint Cloud. he may
complete the circuit to Minneapolis
the Mississippi River.
| Another tour not so lengthy may b
routed out of Saint Paul and Mime.
apolis to Saint Cloud and thence to
Alexandria and Fergus Falls. Pro-
ceeding to Breckenridge. the tourist
turns south to Ortonville. From Or
tonville he travels to Granite Falls,
and there dips over the southern $50.
ton OF the state by following the road
along the Minnesota River to Man.
kato and Owatonna. where he swin9o
/ north and returns to Minneapolis and
Saint Paul through Faribault and
Pennington. This trip win take him
through the southern lake district o9
Minnesota, and IL particularly noeap
worthy for the picturesque sconos1
/ on the banks and bluffs Of the 1f1Ano.
sofa River.
Minnesota IL primarily q dshine
ground. One who goos On III vae1e
tton tour In hiss antsan obll1 - -