Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-07-14
Nash's Touring
WestAreH Having
Delightful Trip

The following interesting letter
from Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Nash viii
be read by their many friends here
with much pleasure. They are taking
their honeymoon" trip though the
West and having a delightful time.
Estes Park, Colo,
June %, 1921.
Mr.. Mitchell White,
Mexico, Mo.
AS per request / will try and write
you about our trip. We left Mexico
Monday morning on June 10. We
were held up at Glasgow on account
of a ferry breakdown and then camp
ed our first night a few miles east Of
Kansas City, rain held us up again
there. We camped second night
at Manhattan, Kansas, which has one
Of the incest camping grounds we
have found an dthe town is just like
their camping ground, a clean up-to-
date hustling town.
On our third night we camped on
a farmers' front porch. A storm
struck US there and we found out
something about Kansas. The wind
storm came up SO quick that we did
not have time to make the next
town.
On trip thru Kansas I new
saw such fine farms, the farmers
were all busy cutting wheat. We were
surprised too to see such good towns
Passed thru Kanopolis, supposed to be
the salt cente rof the u. s. Saw our
first Kansas ~jack-rabbit. They al
surely run like a deer as we had quite
a race with one.
The last half Of Kansas did not look
SO good TO. US as 1t is all open coun-
tryp with cattle grazing in teh open.
Towns looked dead and we were GER
tainly glad when we got out of it.
We are meeting lots of nice people
and they see our pennant on our car,
Mexico, Mo. All spoke a good word
for Mexico.
The nights are getting cooler. We
arrved in Colorado Springs June 81.
Got u first, view of old Pixies Peak
about 5 0miles out. 1t was a beauti.
full sight. We camped there in a pri-
vate camping ground, a beautiful
I place. The price is small, usually Csc
or Soc per night. We would rather
rather pay that than camp in the
I. free grounds as we feel the protection
I is better.
Our second day here we made ar
rangements to go with a big touris'
car and a guide to go sight seeing
!; We sure wer glad we had an exper
: fenced driver as it is quite a thrill t
go over those mountain roads. Som,
places wer so narrow that a slid
of 4 inches and we would go to tn,
"a bottom. They would make what the,
h called hair-pin turns and twists
u The scenery is wonderful. Natlr
as an artist cannot be beat. W. say
the Garden Of the Gods, Cheyepn
Cannon. the Seven Falls and the Cav
of the Winds! 20 get up the SIEVE
= Falls we go up a flight of so ster
- almost straight up, then a sna
landing and a beautiful waterfall ou
of tehmountain and so on till 20
have done that seven times. At tn
). top is the grove Of Helen Jackson,
|. noted writer,
le eW do not like the effect of the hig
altitude here in Colorado Spring
We aemore than $500 feet above Sc
level.
h We made a break for the post offiC
"a as soon as we arrived in ColoraG
:, Springs. Mr.. White, do you kno
o.. hw good a letter from home looks
Of l am glad to say we found a nit
bunch of mail theer and we enjoye
reading letters, cards and the Ledge
Of Before we left the office we hear
someone say 'hello." There w;
Orville Tucker. He came to camp
It. see us and went with us to see Gy
- Woodward and Powell. They r ge
h. ting along fine. Also met Fran
n. Wilkins who went with US to see II
other boys. We were glad to me-
them.
ia Left Colorado Springs June rs an
Oh drove to Denver, arriving there abol
ne supper time. There were $50 Cal
y, camped in Overland Park. Very war
there ruring the day, but the nigh
are cool. We carry a lot Of exit
bedding with US.
=. Had our prettiest drive from De
er to Estes Park. It is a windir
road around and YER the Rocl
Mountains with a rushing stream
:. water always in sight. They say
winter there are not over 5000 peoE