The Coconino sun., 1920-09-24

1 From Cooley the road climbs tn
 ridge through forest of fir and larg
 aspens to an altitude of 9,400 fee
 with Mount Orb and Old Baldy risin,
 over 10000 feet nearby. Here is on
 of the most beautiful stretches of for
 est in Arizona.
 We turned off the main road abou
 ten miles north of the divide to Greer where J. E. Thompson has built 1.
 beautiful summer home of logs ant
 here we spent the night. The Thomp
 son house is one of the most attract
 i've mountain cabins in the state. Mrs Thompson was there, but MT. Thomp. son was trout fishing. The cabin, To- cated on a knoll, commands a wonder full view of the largest peaks in the White mountains.
 There is fine bunk house and ga- rage in addition to the new house, a water line to nearby spring, and best of all lean-to in front of fire place in the yard, where all spend the evenings. It has been nick-named the "pig pen," because it is an ideal place to lounge after big dinner.
 We were lounging in the pig pen when Fred Nelson, well-known citi- zen of St. Johns, came in with a big mess of trout, secured that day up the Little Colorado. The next morning we had a feast fit for king.
 It was with real regret that we left the White mountains behind that morning. The road had been rough and steep in many places, but the country was so beautiful, we minded it not. One can average nearly ten miles an hour between Rice and Springerville, 127 miles, in large car, or seven or eight miles in Ford.
 From Greer to Eagen and Springer vile the road drops out of the forest. These two towns are pretty agricul- tural communities, settled by the Nor mons in the valley of the Little Colo rado. Although Springerville is 100 miles from the railroad, it is an en- terprising town with good stores, banks and hotel.
 From Springerville to Holbrook the road is good all the way. St. Johns, county seat of Apache county, is thir- ty-two miles from Springerville. It is a pretty little town in the valley. Eighteen miles beyond is Caucho, where the oldest reservoir in the Unit ed States is located.
 Nineteen miles out of Holbrook the petrified forest is encountered. It is just as advertised. In fact it far ex- ceeds expectations and is probably the second wonder of Arizona, the Grand Canyon being first.
 Holbrook is a good business town, gateway to Apache and Navajo coun- ties on the Little Colorado. It is thir- ty-three miles to Winslow, where there is fine Harvey House. Here we stop ped for the night, making 153 miles from Greer in one day.
 Flagstaff is 63 miles from Winslow. The road is rough, slow and uninter- esting until the cedars, about twenty miles out of Flagstaff are reached. There is fine road about fifteen miles put of Flagstaff with superb views of Elden mountain and the San Francisco peaks. The pines are encountered about ten miles out of Flagstaff.
 have been everywhere in Arizona except in the strip north of the can yon and there is no doubt that the most wonderful motor trip in Arizona s from Tucson to Rice, thence to Fort Apache, Cooley and Springeville, hence to Holbrook, Winslow and thence to Grand Canyon md back by way of Williams, thence Q Lake Mary, Mormon Lake, down 'ver the Moggollon range to Payson md Roosevelt and then via Globe ana to Tucson.
 This trip is hard on tires, but we'll worth the price. Until one has made t, he can have no real conception of he vastness, the wonders, the un- scenery and the real charm # the great state of Arizona.-(By Allan B. Jaynes, in Tucson Citizen.