Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
TOURING CAMPERS AVERAGE
DAILY EXPENSE SET 1921
Practical Hints for Auto Gypsies Given,
From Records of Club Show Simple
Rules for Comfort.

a relief to drive car which your neigh
bors in camp can't regard with dubious
glances!
Motor wandering has become 20
popular as an outdoor sport that 1t now
ranks In the $500, ,000-a-year class.
This season it Is estimated that $4,000
600 persons will make long motor tours,
OF. which number large percentage
will camp en- route.
mushrooms. Since this business Is
highly competitive there Is noticeable
absence of gouging which, Of course.
rebounds to the benefit of the patrons
pocketbooks. There are exceptions, but
these are frequently in out-of-the-way
places where monopoly Is enjoyed.
Foodstuffs are expensive In remote
points, and to avoid paying fancy prices
the tourist must be watchful to stock
up in advance of his visit to such
places. Within the last few years
numerous well equipped camps have
appeared, giving tourists the option Of
cabin for SOC to 75c extra. Progressive
towns offer space free in their own
municipal camping grounds. In the
more modern camps, up-to-date laun-
dries, shower baths, kitchens and rest
rooms are available.
Rich and poor alike now leave their
fireplaces to play motoring gypsieS."
Around evening camp fires in the tour
list grounds you'll find men Of all classes
from a half-dozen States rubbing
elbows. At these times you'll become
convinced, as did one tenderfoot, that
what cynics have dubbed 1.-THE so-called
human race" is really a kindly. friendly
people, all democratic and ready to
inn "a
is to be gentleman and "the world Is
yours"
People Pretty Decent.
The superintendent of Yellowstone
National Park, who in the last eight
years has seen the number Of visitors
increase from $4,000 year to nearly
200. 000-of whom so to 10 per cent
were campers-has gone on record By
stating that people, as rule, are pretty
decent" One reason why motor camp
ing is as reasonable as 1t Is financially
desirable is because tipping is unneces-
sary.
Such excellent work in improving the
Nations highways has been done that
these are scarcely comparable with those
Of even five years ago. Up-to-date tour
ing maps. distributed by automobile
clubs, chambers of commerce, autono-
bile dealers, and so forth. and the 1928
Automobile Blue Book, indicate plainly
the roads condition and afford other
valuable information.
To make the first expedition run
speedily and comfortably, lend an ear
to few small pointers. some Of which
may explode a number of illusions about
what's going to happen"
Insure your sleeping comfort by pur-
chasing beds you can tolerate more than
one night. Take plenty Of blankets, for.
although you may need none one night
you'u be surprised how chilly it can be
the next. After securing your camp
equipment, try "rehearsing" with It.
Don't wait until you roll into camp after
dark the first night out and discover, to
your agitation, that you can't ind the
proper eyelets through which to run
the tent ropes.
Leave Conveutionaiities.
Leave as many of the conventional
ties at home as you can. You'll soon
get used to shaving or having. your tent
blow over right IN fun sight Sof native
onlookers in the hamlets en- route. And
civilized raiment in q tourist camp Is
as out of place as fire hydrants In the
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