The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-08-12
QUE TRIP
BY w. T. Thompson.


at Plains While there we enjoyed
fishing. hunting and bathing. We
resumed our journey across the
plains after day or so. IL was a
pretty sight To see the big herds OF
white-faced cattle roaming over the
green pastures. but after we left Ia
tum the country began to look real
dry. but this was quickly passed, and
we came To the Bottomless Lakes
and Low rs Lanes. As we drove
downthese cool. shady lanes OF cot
tonwood and weeping willow we
could look on either lde of us and see
the large apple orchards with their
fruit Just beginning to ripen. Sunday
night we camped on the Hondo river.
As we passed through this country
we could sse herds OF two or three
thousand goats as they srazed over
the hills. The houses here were
made OF mud bricks and had fiat
roofs. After we left Captain. n. NJ,
we saw the trees loaded with misel-
toe. We travelled until we came to
the mountains. They looked only a
short ways OF. but many times they
would be fifteen miles away. We got
TO see one mountain that was a.
600 feet high above sea level and
vas snow-capped.
On Thursday We passed through
the petrified forest In this forest
the logs are about 100 feet long and
six to eight feet through. This for
est is the remains If the Norfolk Is
land pines Wheu these trees grew
it is supposed that there was an
abundance of rainfall. and now that
various chemicals have changed the
wood into stone We saw two brid-
ges and house made OF this pctri-
fed wood.
( We went to see the Bad Lands"
They sure were o sight. We went
from there to Holbrooks, an Indian
city. we got to see an Indian fight,
but one OF the Indian women came
out of a house with a six-shooter,
and the sheriif also had arrived, so
we decided We had better be travel
ing. We drova several miles from
there and topped at a Mexican's farm
where eggs and milk were advertised
for sale Here we had to pay soc a
gallon for buttermilk and so cents a
dozen for eggs.
We spent Thursday night in pine
grove near Flagstaff. From there we
could see the Sunset Mountains.
There is an extinct volcano only a
few miles east OF the san Francisco
peaks. No matter at what hour it is
seen. nor what weather. it appears
to be flooded in sunshine. At the
foot of these mountains are huge
caves and their walls are solid ice
the year around We saw the old
creek canyon. II is rugged and pre-
cipitous, hut the bottom is beauti-
fully clothed with green trees, grass
es and flowers We had to outrun a
rain for thirty miles and got to see a
icloudburst
We passed through Kingman
Arizona, and passed through the gold
mining district at Oatsman. When
we arrived at Topock the thermo-
meter was 10 In the shade. We
saw the tall needle peaks only few
miles from here. The grass and trees
grow only around the oasis. The
bear grass grows from twelve to ff-
teen feet high We passed through
the desert at night.
When we crossed the Colorado
river we left Arizona and went into
California. After We left the desert
we went into the Lone Pine Canyon
and we could look several hundred
feet below us and the railroad looked
about like pencil mark
! At San Bernardino We saw the beau
tiful flowers growing everywhere
and the houses were almost covered
with the close-clngirg vines. The
big orange orchards We're loaded
with golden fruit
At Long Beach We enjoyed ride
on a steamer and a swim IN tn
ocean. ] have enjoyed O swim il
three important places: The Gull
of Mexico. the Pacific Ocean and Mar
tins tank. Late in the evening we
started for Fresno. Cal The only
trouble we had here was to keep our
car from running 80 fast. The
roads were o! asphalt The roads
sure were St -ep and rough between
Fresno and Big Creek. and the can