Connecticut western news., 1920-09-09
CROSS CONTINENT
 IN A FORD CAR
Mir. and Mrs. William Dirnon 4 Visiting Relatives
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CIOSSlHR the comment, rom coast to coast in an automobile, while not rare occurrence is of sufficient interest when done in a Ford car equipped with camping outfit to attract many who have thought of the possibilities in this connection. MT. and Mrs. William B. Dimon have just completed such a trip and are visiting MT. Dimon's sister, Mrs. Henry Scutt. Following is the story of the trip by MT. Dimon :
 After bidding friends goodbye we (Mrs. Dimon and myself) left Loma Linda, Southern California, May 27, in Ford. We were accompanied the first part of the way by fam fly named Fulmore, consisting of father, mother and three children, also in. a Ford, and on their way to Arkansas. A drive of five miles took us to San Bernardino, the gate city, which is on the Sante Fe trail, the highway used by tourists in trav- cling between Southern California and eastern points. Leaving here we went through Cajon pass in the San Bernardino mountains, where the city of San Bernardino has fitted up nice auto camp with concrete tables, benches, stoves, etc.
 After driving 130 miles we camp ed in the Mojave desert, selecting a place where we would not get stalled in the sand. The sand was not very bad as long as we kept in the road but we had to use care in passing other machines. A gentleman from Los Angeles camped near us, also having a Ford. He had neglected to use oil enough and had burned out a small bearing in his engine but for tunately he had an extra one (cross pin for the cylinder head) and was able to put it in with some assistance from MT. Fulmore and myself.
 1t was so hot in the desert that we started at 4:3o a. m. the next day in order to get as far as possible before the extreme heat came on. The hot sand was hard on tires and the Full mores had so much tire trouble that we only made 116 miles, camping at night in grove of pepper and cot tonwood trees at little station on the railroad called Klinefelter There was plenty of water here and it was refreshing after the heat of the desert.
 Crossing the Colorado. river near Needles we found the roads of Ari- zona very stony with numerous cross washes. Some fthe streams were not bridged but the water was not deep enough to hinder us from going on, though it had been so deep a short time before that tourists were held up for time. There had been cloud burst about ten days before.
 Petrifed Forest Interesting
 The Petrifed Forest in Arizona was an interesting place. None of the trees is standing. Some look as though they had been sawed into blocks before they turned into stone. Others look like logs of wood at a little distance, but on coming colse are found to be heavy stones of var jed and beautiful colors. We broke off some specimens and brought them with us. The mountains of this vI- cinity resemble the Pyramids of Egypt in some respects and the col bring is very interesting. Some are white with red walls around them, though red is the predominating color of most of them.
 The houses in Arizona and New Mexico are largely made of adobe (bricks made of mud and baked by the sum- The population includes many Mexicans and Indians. In some of the cemeteries l noticed
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