Nogales international., 1940-06-22
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AS you hold your State Highway
map in front of you and attempt to
splan a vacation for a week or two
weeks wholly within the boundaries
of our state, you will be amazed at
| the number of places that will vie
with each other fer your considera-
ton. Regardless of which direction
you plan your trip through the cool
North Central, Northern, North
Eastern and East Central sections
of Arizona, multitude of tempting
side trips present themselves. If you
are a fisherman, don't fail to take
your tackle with you, because you
will bump into good fishing most
any place you go.
While you are in Northern Ari-
IONA, you will, of course, travel
along U. S. 66 and enjoy the hos
pitality and modern accCmmoda-
tions offered in Williams, Flagstaff,
Winslow and Holbrook. In reaching
Northern Arizona you will probably
travel part of your distance over
U. S. 80. Perhaps you will be so
charmed by the lofty pines and
beautiful vistas of the Prescott Ma
tional Forest and the city of Pres
colt itself, that you will linger there
for several days. Coming home you
might drop down into that wonder
full st. Johns country and on into
the Apache National Forest, stop
ping awhile enrOute in Springerville.
If you live in Southern Arizona
and have never visited the North
Rim of the Grand Canyon or seen
the Grand Canyon or seen the
Kaibab National Forest, you have
Disseminated against your own
pleasure and enjoyment. Here you
will find one of the largest virgin
forests in the world and a place
where days are cool and stimulating,
with nights that are actually chilly.
Excellent roads and plentiful accom-
modations designed to fit any budg-
ct are available in the Kaibab Forest
area.
Perhaps you are one of those
Arizona residents who have never
seen the Grand Canyon. In weeks
time you can easily reach the Grand
Canyon In weeks time you can
easily reach the Grand Canyon, stay
few days in the Kaibab Forest
(you will see hundreds of DEER and
return via Lees Ferry Bridge and
the Painted Desert for whatever
section of Arizona you call home.
All parts of the Navajo or Hopi
Reservations in Arizona are in the
cool summer zone. Although it would
take months really to see this ma
jestically wild country and it's fas-
cinating inhabitants, it offers mar
vellCus possibilities for an entire
weeks vacation.
Don't forget the really wonderful
possibilities in the far Southeastern
! section of our state, in the Chiri-
! cahua Mountains. Here with ele-
vationS reaching nearly 10000 feet
are mountains with streams, lakes.
beautifully canyons and the world
famous Chiricahua National Monu.
ment.
| Eight national forests in Arizona
any one of them containing scenic
splendor that will match or better
any other place in the world. If you
are planning a vacation, be sure to
see the new 1910 United States For
est Service booklet entitled "Shcrt
Trips to National Forests in the
Land of Coronado If you have dis
| covered some cut Of the way. un-
usual summer vacation spot in Ari-
zona, please write me care Of this
column and this paper During the
balance of the summer it will be a
real privilege to bring such places
to the attention of Arizona vaca-
tionists.
One thing is certain. After you
have spent week or TWO weeks
revealing in the natural beauty. the
romance and the grand summer
climate offered in so many places
in our state, you are going to be all
the more enthusiastic about the in
VltationS we should be sending out
via a state advertising campaign to
the general travelling public (both
summer and winter) of the entire
United States.