Evening star., 1919-08-31

Detailed account of a motor trip
through the west including descrip-
ton of the many points of scenic in
terest in Colorado and Yellowstone
National Park, is presented by Mr.. R.
A. Stevens. member of the A. A. A.
District of Columbia Club. Mr.. Ste
vens and family made the tour in
Just two months, covering a total of
5,932 miles. The itinerary was as fol-
lows:
Leaving Washington. D. c.. May
| %, 1919, we crossed the Allegheny
, mountains to Uniontown. Pa. then
through Connellsville and Green's
burg to Pittsburgh. where we stayed
one day From there the Lincoln
highway was followed to Rochester.
Pa, where we left the Lincoln and
headed straight for Cleveland over
the Cleveland short cut. Arriving in
the city without mishap, and favored
with good roads all of the way, ex-
cept for two small detours, we fol-
| lowed the Lake Shore boulevard to
Sandusky. then to Clyde. where we
connected with the Yellowstone
trail, which we travelled to Fort Wayne,
again connecting with the Lincoln
highway at Joliet. Ill. There we
took the Starved Rock trail to Of
tawa, Starved Rock Park, La Sallee
and Moline. 1t was at Joliet that we
encountered our first rain, June 8.
Crossing the river to Davenport,
Iowa, we covered the White Pole
| route to Des Moines: still raining,
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worse. We left Des Moines June 9,
and the going was very tedious, but
! we pushed along. hoping soon to get
out of the mud. following the river
to-river route. anxious to reach Omaha.
Our only hope was to reach Omaha,
Neb., as we were told that Ne
braska has good gravel roads. and
on June IS the city was reached,
where we found the Auto Club. a live,
up-to-date organization. with maps
tire state Here we had hopes of
getting out of the mud and the pros
poets looked very good. Leaving over
i the Lincoln. we arrived at Grand
Island. Nebr.. June IA; there we
turned south and connected with the
! for Denver. with roads continually
getting better, some gravel and no
mud.
The crossing into Colorado was most
welcome after nearly 700 miles of
muddy road. We arrived in Denver
June IT. After stay here of four
days we left for Colorado Springs.
Manitou and Pixies Peak, over a good
| graveLl road a distance of seventy
| fye miles, visiting Manitou and its
wonderful springs and mountain seen
| cry, then up Pixies Peak, distance of
thirty three miles by auto bus. alti-
tude 14.190 feet. Leaving on June 23
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CITY Col, we travelled a distance of
$50 miles over good roads. Here the
Colorado state penitentiary is locat-
ed, where the honor system is in
force.
After a trip through the Royal
gorge we left for Salida over the
Rainbow route through the canyon
into the very heart of the Rocky
mountains. This is one of the most
| tains, following the Arkansas river
through the canyon for many miles
over good gravel and mountain roads.
Arriving at Salida. we then started
| for Buena Vista over good gravel
road and through rolling country
lying on top of the mountains, alti-
| tude 1885 feet.
Where Real Grades Begin.
Here we connected with the Pixies
Peak Ocean-to-Ocean highway. fol-
lowing good gravel roads to Lead
VILE, the highest city in the United
States, altitude 1915 feet. This is
when you wonder why your engine
overheats and loses power even after
you have thinned down your mixture
| until you think you are running on
reputation, but you seem to keep on
going and think you have had some
grades and pulls. but this is really
only where the grades begin. Leav-
ing LeadviIle, one starts the climb
| over Tennessee pass up to the top of