The Coconino sun., 1926-12-03

come, fresh interest and undreamed
of grandeur
Winter Sports Area
How many fasteners are there who
think of the far southwest and win
ter sports in the same breath? OF
skating, skiing, snow shoeing and to-
bogganning in Arizona? Yet all
these things may be enjoyed at Flag
staff, 85 miles southwest of Grand
Canyon. To this little mountain
town, where new hotel will be OPP
ened on January l. people who know
come for their summer vacations from
all the hot regions of southern Ari-
zona and New Mexico, from parts of
California and from distant Kansas
and Texas. They are merely answer
ing the irresistible call of mountain
air, of a virgin forest dominated by
13,000-foot peaks, Of mountain lakes
and canyon streams.
On the eastward again along the
Santa Fe is the 600-foot crater Of Me-
teor mountain, formed by the impact
of the largest of known meteors.
Near Holbrook and Adamana there is
the southern tip of the Painted Des-
ert and 10000 acres studded with the
Jewels of the Petrified Forest. AT
Gallup, through the towering red
cliffs to the north, are other entranc-
es to the Navajo Indian country,
stretching away unbroken for 200
miles; to Canyon de Chiefly and Can
yon del Muerto and to the prehistoric
city of Pueblo Bonito, in Chaco cam
yon To the south are Inscription
Rock and the inhabited Indian Pueblo
of Zuni Acoma, "the Sky City;
Enchanted Mesa and the pueblos Of
Laguna and Isleta are farther east,
between Gallup and Albuquerque.
Out from albuquerque, in the val
ley of the Rio Grande delightful mo-
tor trips may be made to the volcan-
oes and through the Jemez and San
dia mountains and even to Carlsbad
Cavern, most remarkable OF the
worlds famous caves.
Indian Detour Service
From Albuquerque northward to
the ancient capital of Santa Fe and
thence eastward to Las Vegas one is
in the heart and center Of a region
infinitely rich in it's scenic and clima
tic attractions, its association with
frontier history, its changeless Indian
pueblos, and its centuries-old Spanish
life.
Only uncertain accommodations and
facilities for exploration at Santa Fe
have deferred transcontinental trav-
elers from more frequent stop-overs
in the past. These obstacles have
been removed in the new Indian-De-
tour of the Santa Fe, in which three
leisurely days by motor reveals the
many-sided fascination of the region
with an intimacy, an economy and a
comfort impossible before.
The Indian Detour is offered as
part of, and another unique break in
the transcontinental trip by rail over
the Santa Fe Passengers on its crack
trains, the California Limited and the
Navajo, detrain at Las Vegas and re-
join their trains three days later at
albuquerque; westbound, in reverse.
Between these points they are still
guests of the railroad and Fred Har-
vey, with every detail of accommoda-
ton and service handled by experts
and included in an all-expense charge
Of S45.
There is every indication that rail
travel to California this winter will be
on an unparalleled scale. 1t is equal
ly certain that greater numbers than
ever before will learn, via Indian
Detour and at Grand Canyon, some-
thing of the infinitely varied recrea-
ton possibilities of our frontier en-
pire in the southwest.