Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

For those with q ready motor In the
garage, some vacation time to spend
and the overcoming question, where
shall we 60 on our vacation?" there
lies within q good days travel OF the
National Capital o veritable Eden
country, Astounding In scenic wonders
never surpassed and seldom equaled,
door life 50 sought for Summer JauntS
yet plentifully supplied with comforts
for after-dark rest and relaxation.
To get into this country, pack UP
some night for about q two or three
weeks stay away from home. set the
old alarm clock for about $3.50 o'clock
in the morning and get a good nights
sleep. In the morning pack in the wife
and youngsters and point your machine
for Baltimore.
Through Baltimore you take the
York road, into York, Pa, thence
through Lancaster, ever over superb
highways, on into and through Reading,
to Allentown and Bethlehem, thence to
Easton, and, turning OF, into Delaware
Water Gap and the garden country OF
the Pocono Mountains.
The trip should not take more than
10 hours of good, steady driving, and
the roads are not excelled in any sys-
tenn in the country.
PoconOs I'm Glory.
The Poconos present . gorgeous ap-
pearance in the Spring and early Sum-
mer months. Right now they are at
the peak of their glory, the hillsides q
profusion of mountain laurel and
rhododendrons.
Monroe County is trimmed on the
south by the romantic Blue Ridge
Mountains, on the east by the pictur-
esque Delaware River, and 1t rises into
the northwest with an ever-chang1ng
vista. The peaks Of the Poconos rear
themselves into air tinged with pine
and are dry, invigorating and healthful.
From sloping stream valleys 1t changes
into . rolling, wild woodland country,
here and there broken by un-dappled
meadows, then changes again into rug
ged mountains, covered by forests hid
ing here and there some limpid lake
Astounding in gamey fish for the angler,
with cool and still water for the SWIM
mer or canoeist.
Through the gorges and thickets OF
these mountains come tumbling noun
tain streams of unsurpassed beauty, to
add their sparkling waters to the Della
ware River and ripple joyously to the
sea.
The Poconos rise to about 1900 feet
above sea level, from the river valley,
which is about 1000 feet above the sea,
and this altitude assures q climate that
in Midsummer is delightful.
In this country there Is literally
everything that makes q Summer re-
sort. Its diversified nature simply
makes for delightful days, and man
has added comforts in the way Of hotels
and sport facilities that leave little to
be wished for. OF course, there u no
ocean Just around the corner, but those
who 60 to the mountains for their Sum-
mer recreation should not except every
thing.
This section abounds in good, COM
Portable, up-to-date hotels, excellent
roads and well ordered villages and
! hamlets. On an eminence in the Po-
conos the visitor may see all Of these
things, but particularly will he see the
blue ridge through which a great notch
has been cut to servs Is landmark
| for the centuries.
For many years Delaware Water Gap
has been o favorite vacation spot for
Pennsylvania and the Nation. Before
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