Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-09
THE OAKLAND SIX
RIVALS TRAIN FOR
SIGHTSEEING TRIP
Enjoy 34OO Miles of
Scenic Beauty, Easy
Motoring

A sightseeing trip by motor cal
at faster than tram schedule ano
road travel has been accomplished
at IL fraction of the cost of rail
by james keelyn who has just re
turned from Il 20 day trip in IN
Oakland six during which time he
and his party travelled in excess OF
3400 miles and took in the new
Roosevelt Highway along the Pa
cific Ocean north from lreka into
Oregon.
''The motoineter on my Oakland
shows 334l miles more now than
it did when my party consisting OF
my wife, mother and son set out
for IL vacation trip into the l.olsh-
west, says Keelyn i'll relating Incl,
dents of his trip to p. l.. Moore,
sales manager of Imperial Valley
Finance Corp, Valley Oakland deak
ers.
"'We actually averaged better
than 200 miles Il day, Which means
that some days owe did Utmost 400
miles and when you consider that
with my family in the ear WASH t
out Ito risk any lives or set up any
new records, | was. still able to make
such remarkable time, the Oakland
Is entitled to Il great deal of credit.
1t Was comfortable riding and easy
to drive and seemed to always be
willing to go.
Camping dia not appeal to our
af Il
our itinerary to take us to some
objective point where we could
stay over night in hotel and not
once did the Oakland fail to carry
us to our destination on schedule.
We consumed exactly ISL gallons
of gasoline which gave us an aver
age of better than 10 miles on a
gallon. Aside from gasoline ex-
pense we spent $1S.60 having the
car washed twice, creased and oiled.
Compared to railroad travel costs,
the fare alone for this mileage
would have been about $125.00 each
to say nothing of the Pullman and
meal costs.
Go Into Oregon
'Opr route took us up the coast
to Oakland and thence up the Sac
ramemto Valley river into Dunsmuir
and over the Siskyous into Oregon.
This is indeed a most wonderful
highway and is u trip that every
motorist should take. Passing
through Medford and Grant s pass
we drove on up into Salem and
thence to Portland. During our
stay there we took in the FAMOUS
Columbia River drive and the fond
est descriptions bf this majestic
highway wall far short of picturing
Leaving Portland we drove in
to Washington and visited the
Rainier National Park and then on
to Seattle. Here we spent two
days sightseeing and pointed the
radiator southwards again. Our
route took us along the Puget Sound
to Olympia and then ;,gain into
Portland.
''At Roseberg in Oregon we turn
ed westward and reached the coast
at Brandon the start of the newly
opened Roosevelt Highway, the
grandcst bit of motor drive in all
the west. This magnificent en-.
gineering feat skirts the rock bound
coast and then circles far into the
deepest of virgin fosests and then
swings again out upon the coast
and though it is not paved it af-
fords good going throughout its en-
tire length.
=" Returning to San Francisco by
way of the Eel river and Santa RRo-
sa we saw some beautiful country
with orchards and vineyards stretch
ing across the valleys and away up
into the foothills. In all it was a
trip every motorist in Southern Ga
lifornia should take because it gives
him a new insight into the grandeur
and the Importance of the Pacific
coast