Evening star., 1924-11-02
S0UTHFORESEES
: FLOW OF TOURISTS
A. A. A. Board, Anticipating
Big Season, Supplements
Florida Route Book.

Anticipating record breaking
southwark flow of motor tourists this
season. the touring and transporta-
tion board of the American Automo
bile Association is supplementing its
new Florida route book with an out
line Of the main touring routes, so
that the man from Seattle or Chicago
as we'll as the Washington tourist
viii have a general picture OF the
high points of a Southern trip, ac-
cording to a bulletin released at the
organizations headquarters here yes
terday.
The bulletin explains that, while the
prospective tourist will doubtless con-
suit his auto club for details of any
proposed Southern journey, a general
picture Of the main routes should be
of particular value to the man who
is as yet undecided.
Estimate of 10000 Tourists.
The A. A. A. estimates that $4,000
motorists will tour to Florida and
intermediate points during the Win
ter trouring season. but believes that
there are many more thousands still
undecided because they are unfamiliar
with the general routes
Eastern motorists from New Eng
land, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio
and the midAtlantic States should
take the route south from Washing
ton, the touring bureau recommends.
This leads down through Virginia. the
Carolinas and Georgia to Florida.
For the most part this is the Allan
tic highway, though it combines. in
part, with the Bankhead and Dixie
highways and the old Spanish trail
If it is followed TO Miami.
Details now available at all the
A A. a. clubs throughout the coun-
try reveal the fact that road cond
tions are better than ever before in
the Southland. detours being rela-
lively few. From Augusta to Jack
sonville the course is over the At
lantic or Dixie highway. The routes
through this section are mostly sand
clay, and as they are somewhat
affected by weather conditions tour
lists are advised to provide for stop
overs when conditions are not favor
able. This, the touring board says.
forestallS the possibility of marrtng
the tour with road and car troubles.
Choose Yellowstone Trail.
Motorists Florida bound from Seat
tie and the Northwest take the yell
lowStone trail or the National Parks
highway to Chicago. where they make
connections with the Jackson or Dixie
highway for Cincinnati or Louis
vile. The Eastern Dixie highway
can be followed direct from here to
Knoxville and Atlanta. straight down
By following the Old Spanish Trail
Texas. New Mexico and Arizona tour
lists can reach Florida over an inter-
esting course that closely follows the
Gulf of Mexico. There are connec-
tions for Californians over the Pacific
highway. The National Old Trails
road furnishes the best route for
Kansas City and st. Louis motorists
who prefer to come to the National
Capital first and then turn south over
tho well marked and well Travelled
portions of the Atlantic or Dixie
highway.
From observations made at Gettys-
burg considerable of the southbound
travel from the West has been over
the Lincoln highway, tourists pre-
ferrinG to take the routes that are
travelled most, doing their exploring
when they reach Georgia and Florida.
weather Conditions Predicted.
Predictions by weather experts and
the Coast Guard to the effect that the
coming Winter will be the most Sc
we're in years may call for changes in
routes for those southbound travel
ers from the West 1t depends very
largely upon the time of starting.
Generally speaking, the A. A. A. tour
ing board points out, the Eastern
tourist can get out of the snow and
freezing belt quicker than the man
who must travel east as well as
south, and for this reason many of
the far Western tourists will doubt
less combine the Pacific highway and
Old Spanish Trails route to avoid
cold weather.
The a. A. a. camping manual lists
S3 recognized public camps in Florida
and 36 in Georgia, which is said to
explain why so many southbound
motor tourists are taking camping
equipment with them.
Camping Not Recommended.
On such long tours camping is not
recommended by the touring bureau
convenience and an agreeable varia-
tion in the trip when the weather and
conditions permit. 1t is pointed out,
for instance, that having the equip
ment to camp out often makes it pos
sible to take advantage of better
roads where hotels are not located
at convenient points.
Despite the fact that the general
directions of southbound travel are
simpler this year than ever before,
the A. A. A advises consultation
with motor club secretaries before
undertaking any trip, since the re-
quirements of each motorist call for
important variations in the details
of the routing.
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