The Sidney herald., 1955-05-12
Dr.. Pennepacker
Gives Report Of
California Triip


During the past few years MANY
Rlchland county residents have
made trips to California during
the winter or spring months. Since
the accounts of their travels have
pretty well charted the Southwest
we T merely going to try to pro-
VIDE some impressions for COM
parlson. Our route was through
Billings, where we turned south
TO Sheridan, Cheyenne, Denver
and Colorado Springs. From there
we proceeded to Pueblo. over Ra-
ton pass to Taos and Santa Fe
New Mexico, thence to Albuouer-
que and Socorro. At Socorro we
turned west across the mountains
10 Phoenix, and straight across
desert and mountain to Los An
geIeS. On the return trip we took
a drive along the beach to San
Diego, turned east to Yuma. Ari-
iona, north up through the Grand
canyon, the Painted Desert Sa1t
Lake City, P~ocatello, Butte and
nome. Our first impression was
OF the excellence of the roads. and !
thls was an impression which re-
NAMED with US throughout our
travels. In spite of spring break
ups, unreasonable billiards. and
small floods in places, we had no
complaints about the travelling
conditions and what we noted
ABOUT the roads was equally tr11e
OF the accommodations.
The "moteI-hopper" Of TO-DAY
can certainly live in style without
depicting his p~ocketbook. TeIevi-
sion sets, swimming pools and pic
turesque surroundings are COM
monplace along all the highways
ana when we chose a hotel instead
OF a motel we were likewise pleas
with the service and clean ac-
commodations. We were especial
ly impressed with the almost new
otatler In Los Angeles, where we
spent a week while attending the
National Scientific Assembly of
American Academy of Gener-
Practice. This hosteIry looks
ike something out of a HOLLYWOOD
MOVIE, from the time you drive
car into the basement lobby
and register, to the last cup of
before bedtime, in one of
several attractive restaurants
n the hotel, which is almost a
complete city and shopping cen
er IN itself. At the expense of a
pounds of unnecessary weight
Jain, one can also discover excel
ent food at almost every ston
With a minimum of hunting
round. In selecting our eating and
leeplng places, we used one of
ne national travellers guides -
practice which we would recon-
mend to anyone making any sort
I a long trip, as we were never
lsappointed with food and lodg-
1g, as long as we stuck to our
uide.
Since most of the places we Wis
were new to us, it would be
osslble to spend a great deal of
me describing sights and scenes
Inch we visited, but a few high
ghts will suffice. One of the most
lteresting was Taos, New Mexi-
Taos is one of the oldest SET
ed communities in the United
,ateS. II is built on the ancient
oanlsh plan, with a plaza in the
inter- of town and adobe build
gs throughout. The city is Iocat-
high in the mountains of
'rthern New Mexico in the cen
of an area which is scenicaUv
autIful, and a sportsman's para
Sc. Three miles out of the town
located a 500 year old Indian
eblo. After reading some
etchy descriptions, we came to
conclusion that this was an
.eresting ruin which would be
nth poking about. Imagine orr
prise when we arrived at the
eOlo, to find that it is not a
n, but a very much alive COM
housing over 700 Indians
e pueblo, Of course, is a large
immunity apartment house con-
ucted entirely of adobe and
assisting of several multi-storied
iIdings, one of them higher than
in Sidney. For a small