White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-08-19
GELLERMANNS ARE
ENJOYING TRIP EAST

lI In letter dated August IL a
Ward, Colorado, William Gellermann,
White Bluffs first high school super
intendent, on his way back to Boston
Massachusetts,, with Mrs. Gellernann
to study law, writes interestingly O
the trip to David Zerwekh. His let
ter follows:
"We left Seattle on June and hav'
driven over $500 miles. We stopped
at Yellowstone to see the sights. W.
saw the geysers in action, the hoi
springs, the great holes filled witt
boiling mud, (called paint pots), tho
petrihed forest, the waterfalls, the
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone,
the streams, the mountains, the beau,
tiful vegetation and 20 odd bears, sc
tame that they ate gingersnaps out
of our hands.
"From Yellowstone we drove south
through the famous Jackson Hole
country and saw the rugged Teton
mountains rising precipitously from
the shore of Jackson Lake. Next We
headed for Salt Lake City where we
saw the Mormon Tabernacle and float
ed around in the Great Salt Lake.
Then we drove to the North River O;
the Grand Canyon, stopping at Brice
Canyon Cedar Breaks, and Lion Nat.
tonal Park en- the way. These are all
phenomena caused by erosion, certain
Lock wearing away more rapidly than
the rest which remains in the form
of numerous beautifully colored rocks
and pinnacles Of the most fantastic
shapes. At Lion National Park some
of these columns rise to a heighth o.
$500 feet, rising perpencicularly from
the floor. When one stands at theii
foot and looks up he feels pretty
small. We did not get much of {;
view of the Grand Canyon from the
North River but we counted 361 eeel
within an hour and a half as we drove
down the canyon through great nat
ional game preserve.
Leaving North River we drove
through the Painted Desert to the
South River of the canyon. We hae
to ferry across the Colorado river a
Lees Ferry and we stopped at Flag
staff to see the numerous cliff -dWel
lings nearby. At the South River O.
the canyon I saw the most superb
spectacle ] ever hope to see. AS yol
know, the Colorado river has Gu
straight down through layer aftei
layer Of formation to a depth of over
one mile. Looking from above thu
river seems a mere thread on the
floor of the canyon Words can no.
adequately describe the magnihcence
of the spectacle. 1t must be ex.
per;enced to be properly understood
and appreciated.
"We hired mules one day and rode
to the floor cf the canyon and back
again. The trail is cut in the sides
Of the cliff and it gives one a thrill
not entirely i pleasant, to have the
mule on which one is riding stick his
old head out over the edge as he
rounds corner. That blame mule
on which I rode had no Imagination
whatsoever. 1t was pleasant trip,
however, although I needed "a bottle
CT New Skin when got back.
"From the Grand, Canyon we drove
to the Rocky Mountain National
Park, where we have spent the last
ten days. We were much interested
in New Mexico with it's hot chill,
adobe houses, primitive customs ane
manners. We have seen the clever
western states now. Washington
strikes us as the best of them all, with
California next. We are anxious te
see the, eastern states and when l ge
to Cambridge I will write you of my
impressions"