The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-09-01
THROUGH THE YELLOW STONE
NATIONAL PARK.

contains some of the wonders
of the world The Government has
the park equipped with the best roads
to be found in the mid and northwest.
AS | spent two days of driving
around the park and made two trips
| got to see most of the interesting
parts of it. One of the best was the
climbing of Mt. Washburn, which mas
an altitude OF 10000 feet. We left
CanyOn junction at 7.30 a. m, which
was IL miles from the base of the
peak. 1t took us till $50 to reach
the top of the peak, as we made II on
MOTORCYCLES. The party was made up
of three of us, two tourists from East
ern Montana and myself. l did not
notice che high altitude until l was
on the top, about quarter of an hour,
and then our lips began to turn pur-
ple and our pulses began to beat fast
er. We spent a great part of an hour
throwing snOWballs and taking PIC
lures One of the interesting parts
was the good water we found running
from the snow banks and ice, and the
throwing of snow balls at that season
of the wear which was August Il
From there we descended to the lower
mountain road which runs to MANI
moth Hot Springs. The Grand Canyon
of the Yellow Stone was the most
beautiful of all the park. During Jne
of nv nights at the camp, my next
neighbor's tent and supplies was
raided by bear. which was about ~
feet from my bed. Before he could
IL, hn hal onn1
full of prunes and had up set the rest
of them. AS they are always walking
around camp after sunset, they never
attack anyone, but are very bold at
times.
During my last days stay at the
park d new geySer was found to be
active and erupting boulders as heavy
as a ton and some larger. 1t erupted
water to a height of 800 to 400 feet,
but the scientists thought that 1t
would soon run out, as it was so vlo-
lent
The east entrance of the park,
which | entered, contains some OF the
most wonderful scenery of the whole
West. one of the interesting parts
is the Shoshane lam, which is the
highest in the world and the Shoshane
Valley Canyon which the river has
cut to the depth of several hundred
feet and deeper at places.
AS l arrived in this city at 30 sun
day, August 20, and left Woodbine,
Md, April "a | have toured through
the following States: Maryland, West
Virginia. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan. Illinois. Iowa, Minnesota
South Dakota, North Dakota Montana,
Wyoming, Idaho and Washington.
was on the road five months all but
two davs, but some of the time was
taken by visiting relatives and l was
employed in IlliOnis and South Da-
kota for a short period of time and
the rest was taken uD in repairing
motor. as | had smash ups very fire
quentlv. One of the smash ups came
during my travelling in Eastern Mon
tana. I was thrown from my ma
chine into rayine, about 25 feet deep
but escaped without scratch. Some
of the worst roads | found were ir
Eastern and Western Montana. as
rode from to II hours per day.
was not in the seat over two minute!
out of the whole days run. as thu
roads were very rough and SHARP
stones. ruts and holes to the deptl
os several inches, almost mad,
it impossible to get over with mot
orcycle. Some of the hills were 81
steep at places they had to have
switch hack on them in order to ge
over with car or any vehicle. A
| have about completed my trip from
coast to coast my next move will b.
from border to border. | have not de
cided how to make the rest of th
trip as l will have to give up the mot
orcycle on account of my health. a
the roads and the vibration are yer,
hard on any ones nerves and system
During my trip from border to bord
er | will take in two or more of tn
following parks: Mt. Rainer, Yeso
mite. Sequoia, Grant, Crater Lake o
Lassen which is the only active vol
cano in the United States.
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