The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-01
Thousands Will Tour the State the
Coming Winter.

The following article is sent out
by the National Touring Week Serv-
ice:
Florida is the Dixie Mecca of the
motorist. 1t is a habit to talk eli
mate alone in Florida, but there is a
wonder of wealth and beauty under
the climate. Our state has an ex-
panse of scenic beauties and wonders
that are individual, yes, unique, in
this country. Florida is both tropical
and semi-tropical in nature, but with
out any of the drawbacks Of the trop-
ics. Flowers and balmly breezes are
regarded as more or less commonplace
by the Florida motorist, but il he has
not discerned that our state possesses
natural wonders, he has indeed failed
to use his motor car to anything like
the capacity it holds for enjoyment.
Added to all the natural wonder and
charm, history has helped to make
Florida a spot of followed and strik-
ing memory. 1t is interviewer in the
earliest years of colonial times. 1t
presents the quaint touches Of these
bygone days, intermingled with the
rapid growth of our modern progress.
OF as great Importance to the mo-
torist as scenic beauties and wonders,
Florida ffers good roads and an extend
of mileage of them that can not be
found elsewhere in the south. 1t is
probably news to many Florida mo-
torist that he may take his way to
any section of the state and encoun-
ter very little poor mileage. Perhaps
not every stretch of road will be what
the United States government terms
"permananet road" but it will be what
the average motorist grants is a good
road.
TO possess his natural wonder,
scenic beauties and the good roads
to reach them at the very threshold
Of your garage is a gift Of inestim-
able value. The Florida motorist
who does not take his car and his
vacation together, if it is possible,
and set forth to discover his state is
triffing with the full measure of his
VACATIONS enjoyment.
The peninsula of our state is looped
with half dozen vacation motor
tours, any one Of which will be rev.
elation to the motorist. These tours
60 down the peninsula from Jackson
vile to the tip. The motorist may
make the mileage of his circuit as
large or as small as will fit the time
Of his vacation.
With Jacksonville as starting point
he was transcribe a circle connecting
st. Augustine, Hastings, Gainesville.
Lake City and Baldwin.
He may swing the tour farther
south, leaving the east shore drive.
way at Daytona and Ormond to drop
south through DeLand and Stafford,
ending at Orlando; thence he turns
north and west through Leesburg to
Ocala. From Ocala he goes north to
Gainesville, whence he completes the
circuit through Waldo and Hampton.
A more pretentious tour follows the
east shore drive to Fort Pierce,
whence the motorist turns west and
makes for Okeechobee, on tn eshores
of Lake Okeechobee. Thence he pro.
ceds west to Basenger and Sebring,
arriving in turn at Wauchula, Fort
Meade and Barlow, where he turns
west and visits Tampa. Striking
north with Brooksville as his next
objective point. he joins the tour al
ready indivated at Ocala.
He may, however, at Tampa retrace
his path to Barlow and go north
through the Kissimmee river district
to Orlando, whence he may complete
the tour to Jacksonville through Stat.
ford and Daytona, or 60 west and Join
the already mentioned tours at Ocala.
The most delightful drive in Flori-
da, of course, is our highway down the
east coast to Miami. No roadway in
the United States exists to compare
with it. The charm of it is well
known to every Florida motorist.
Form Miami he retraces his path
to Fort Pierce, where he turns west
to Wauchula, then south to Fort Ny
ers.
From Fort Myers he proceeds to
Punta Gorda, thence to Arcadia. From
Arcadia he joins any of the circuits
already mentioned.
The information value of these Pc
ninsula loops is equal to their charm.
They will truly discover Florida, not
ony with the view of magnificent
homes that our millionaire sojourn.
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