Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16

| A delightful week end trip awaits tho
ambitious motori5t who seeks a pleasant
outing for the fag end of hard week
The trip consumes only few hours of
Measurable driving and less than hun
! dred miles of territory is covered around
/ the circle, which shows some delightful
mountain scenery.
! Leaving Washington and going straight
through Rockville. instead of the GUS
| tomary turn to the right. one takes
route % to Frederick. three fourths of
which is concrete road and the rest
macadanized in excellent condition
This route is much less frequently trav-
ersed than the regular route to Fred
trick. and although miles longer It is
less winding and hilly and takes the
motorist through some very fine stock
farm country End pretty scenery Be
| fore reaching Buckeystown you pass
close to Sugar Loaf Mountain on tie
right
After leaving Frederick you push on
to Thurmont. passing a number Of gold
fish farms at lewiston Md. Here the
goldfish industry started some 90 years
ago under the leadership Of Charles
Reimsburc. who converted number II
natural ponds into artificial lakes fer
spawning goldfish. One of the largest
shippers of goldfish now operating ir
this territory is Eli Wolfe. with IS acres
under lease in addition to eight acres of
his own. He ships between $4,000 and
100000 goldfish every year to every
pnin: in thu United States, mostly to
pet dealers for resale.
Turn to Left.
After leaving Tiurmont one takes the
road to the left instead of the customary
turn to Gettysburg. The route all the
way from Washington lies through vir-
gin farm country. past beautiful STOCK
and chicken farms. along more leval
country than the main road to Frederick,
with delightful shady nooks en- route
and woodland. fine farms and but lit
tie traffic NEST of the way.
After leaving Thurmont one soon hits
the Blue Ridge Mountains and passes
Blue Ridge Summit. thence to Buena
Vista Springs. or one can go to Enlmits-
burg, skirting. the Blue Ridge Mountains
until you leave that point, with fine
roads. macadam and concrete. then
penetrating through the mountain re-
gicn. After broad glinpses of the open
country one is suddenly enmeshed and
entwined in ravines and gullies, where
swift little mountain streams dance
merrily along. with hills and valleys
spanned by good roads. with here and
there a beautiful Summer residence
tucked away in a mountain fastness,
recluse amid lavish surroundings
with beautiful lawns and flower beds
and shrubbery: up hill and down dale,
and around curves. winding, twisting
turning, from one beautiful vista to an
other : the curtain is lifted and then
drawn again, holding distinct charm
and picture of beauty all it's own.
AS one climbs the winding road to
Buena Vista Springs one at last ar
rives at an elevation of 1000 feet above
sea level, and from the porch of the
hotel or the tower which rises above
the hotel one views with immeasurable
delight the surrounding countryside
miles below and away over the Cum
berlsnd Valley. with the city of Waynes-
boro. Pa, in the distance. and even
Hagerstown visible on a clear day. with
mountain ranges to the north, east and
south completely hemmed in by mount
tains except in the west. where beau-
tiful panorama stretches as far as the
eye can reach.
1000 Feet Up.
The open farm country looks like
crazy patch quilt of stretches of wood
yellow. homes and barns sprinkled here
and there to dot the landscape In vari-
Gus colors Rolling country stretches
away for miles before you until shut off
by the mountains to the right and left.
Sitting on the spacious porch of the
hotel after nice bath, one settles
down to enjoy the week end. to rest
and relax Famed by cool breezes ever
on the hottc:t day on this mountain
elevation of 1000 feet, sweeping over
the mountain tops from the valley be-
lew. the wind feels indeed welcome.
Here one may relax and enjoy the vista
of green. while the hotel orchestra
broadcasts melodious music through the
porch windows morning, noon End
night, after each meal, with dancing.
golf. tennis. movies and swimming.
Side trips may be made by motor
to Hagerstown. Gettysburg, Pen-Mar.
or one may wind around the mountain
roads where wild flowers grow and gay
birds stretch their melodious Threats
with bursts of song. Everywhere one
looks he beholds an unbroken stretch
of green verdure, of tall trees and
underbrush, on which the eye can