The Winslow mail., 1921-11-11

green wooded areas extend in iriOtous
repetition until you have discerned
the rugged outlines of the Virgen
mountains in Utah. You can see the
northern rim of the Grand CANYON
OF the Colorado river and into whose
depts you tremblingly peer with an
intuition that the bottom of that gi-
gantic crevasse is almost under
meath your feet
We are informed that from this
viewpoint upon the summit of the
San Francisco mountains six states
may be seen. Arizona is. of course,
at YOUR feet on all sides. To the
west upon far horizon are mountain
ranges in California and Nevada. To
the north the ragged outlines of
rocky towering ranges in Utah To
The east and northeast upon the hor-
izon are rugged peaks in Colorado
and New Mexico While to tie south
in hazy distance may be seen the
faint outlines of Mexico's sierra3 far
beyond the tagged cliffs and pima
cles of the Oak Greek country.
At the foot of the mountain nesties
the little city of Flagstaff destined
for future greatness, the curling
smoke from its nearby saw mills laz-
lly lifting upward frrom a mile be-
meath you: and above, upon this par
tlclar day of ascent, the cumulo-
nfmbus clouds gathered with appar-
ept glee, soon enveloping the peaks
and shutting out the view of a far
away earth. AS the snowf1akes flut-
tered in the air and the currents cast
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that the temperature was lowering.
a numbness soon was felt in our fin
gers and clumbsiness that prevent
ed us from changing films in our
cameras and even embara ssed us in
the manipulation of the shutters. 1t
was moment when decision was,
necessary and with unanimous agree
ment we sought the lower attitudes
taking course directly down the
mountain side. For almost two hours.
we slid, tumbled, walked, sometimes
resting our aching knees, until we
left behind and above US the white
canopy that had spread the land
scape. We shortly arrived at Bear
spring. To say that we wee ready
for the sandwiches that were wait
ing for US in the automobile is but
truthful mention. There may have
been silent prayers also uttered for
our safe arrival at a place where
was an easier and less ancient meth
cd of transportation The JOY of
that restful ride down through the
patches Of quaken aspen and the
stalwart pines comes to us even now.
1t was seeming short ride down to
the city we had left in early morn
ing. 1t was relief, but the recol-
lection of that trip will long RE
main in memory's most sacred con-
fines. We may iudiciously add that
the dinner that evening was a most
palatable meal. We had a full-grown
appetite.
Pixies Peak, Colorado's wonderful
mountain, the ascent of which should
not be overlooked by the sightseer,
fades from memory when once you
stand up San Francisco's summit
The individual ego sinks into the in
finite of a great creation.
Northern Arizona is destined to
bring to her confines the sightseeing
world, not alone to view that grand
eat and strangest work of natures
y
whose mammoth craw the world it.
self might be dropped to disappear
from view, but because the moto~ist
the tourist who may travel otherwise
are going to the summit of the San
Francisco peaks without hardships
or dlScOmfOrtS to look down uDOn q
world where nature performed some
of her strangest antics of ages gone
by and where she now presents to
view geological unconformities not
elsewhere to be found upon this
earth. Well is this called the Switz-
erland of America. and, yet, the com
parison is not an exaggeration
When the scenic boulevard is COM
pleted and hotel Accommodations to be
had upon the mountain with all it's
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