Gunnison news-champion., 1921-09-16
Automobile Tourists
Going to West
PLEASURE EMIGRANTS ARE AT
TRACTED BY EXCELLENT
CAMP SITES; EAST BEING
IGNORED

Detroit News
Westward rolls the tide of autorno-
bile travel.
Automobile tourists from Central
and Midwest state have distributed
over s. 900. 900 over the West this
summer, il is estimated, while the
East has had but little Of the tourist
travel
And the East, with its wonderful
network Of state highways, its grea;
beaches, and even with New York city
a. lOdestone, asks, ''how GOMEZ"
Out Of the West came the answer,
IN two short words-AUTO CAMPS.
This summer marked the passing of
dressed up" automobile touring for
the motorists Of the Mid West. Tour
ing for them is no longer an everiast-
ing struggle 10 keep clean and keep
their clothes presentable for swell
hotel lobbies and dining rooms. Now
they 20 in comfortable camping togs
and with n comfortable camp outfit,
and they head West. where every town
and city has an auto tourist camp for
their comfort and convenience
Their tours this summer were not
planned over maps showing the best
state roads. They planned their
routes along the trails Offering the
best auto camping grounds. They had
rough travelling over many roads but
they found a real welcome in the
camps and kept cool and comfortable
In khaki togs.
Through Kansas City's auto park
this tide of auto travel has ebbed and
flowed NIL summer. Hundreds OF
cars use the park every week and on
any day the license plates OF a dozen
Central and Midwest states can be
seen every day.
We're all bound West this sum
wgr," said a Central tates motorist
touring with his wife and two child
ron. "You can't tour and be dressed
up, so we're following the trails of
The auto camps.
But Eastern states have auto
camps" the newspaper man replied.
why hit these Western dirt roads
whcrc a hard rain means lay-over
for days7"
The East is asleep" the motorist
replied Some cites have auto camps
but there are long jumps between the
camps on many of the best state
roads.
The West has beat 'em to II and
has auto camps all along the route. II
has drawn thousands Of tourists this
summer and the average family-like
my own-spends ten dollars day.
We've been all over the West before.
so the scenery didn't attract US this
time. Certainly the roads held no ap-
peal. I've never been east of Detroit
and would like TO see New York, but
until they have auto camps, I'll spend
my vacations in the West"
It's the same with all of them.
They don't stop at the garages and
ask the best routes 20 such and such
a place, they look at the wall and
read the list of swell" auto camps,
or they ask their camping neighbor
what such and such city has in the
way of auto tourist Accommodations.
And the accommodations" would
open the eyes of the Eastern tourist.
All Of the parks have properly drain
ed camping grounds, running water,
covered dining shelters, open air ovens
and stoves with firewood provided and
an attendant who sees that you are
properly placed.
Some parks have hot and cold water,
shower baths. kitchens, laundries,
mess nails Whefe 1000 supplies can Uc
purchased and fling and repair sta
tions.
It's all free. You pay for nothing
except your supplies. and you are
welcome to stay as long as you like.
And it is not because it is the
Cheap" way to tour that auto camping
has jumped into such popularity. II
is the comfortable way and the pleas
ant way. In any Western park one
will find beautiful cars Of the latest
expensive makes, with trailers con-
tanning camping luxuries and equip
ment parked among the camping par
ties who start out with tent and .
few cooking utensils in the family
fiivvcr. They have come West where
the auto camps have called them, to
tour as they please and live life in