| Show TRAVEL Sunday April 26 The Salt Lake Tribune 1992 Reagan library is step back in time — to the '80s ': Sign up soon to save money on Tribune's Greek cruise Elouise Schumacher "By - SEATTLE TIMES SIMI VALLEY Calif — If you're feeling the least bit nostalgic about the 1980s here's a place to e the good ol' days when 4mP THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE If The Salt Lake Tribune cruise to the Greek Isles and Ancient Civilizations is on your wish list don't tarry A sizable discount can be yours if you book by May 1 Two cruises are scheduled Aboard Royal Cruise Line's Golden Odyssey the first sailing is Oct 19 through Nov 3 the second Nov 12 through Nov 27 Although the itinerary is the same for both cruises the second cruise will not be reserved exclusively for Intermountain travelers Included will be a deluxe Athens Greece hotel package with a free shore excursion to Delphi and a gala Athens taverna banquet The trip includes other bonuses: free air from Salt Lake City a special party given by The Tribune a complimentary bottle of wine per wine couple available) The ship will stop in Ephe-su- s Turkey where travelers can explore the city's ancient ruins Journey to Istanbul re-liv- recession and unemployment were but distant memories ' At the recently opened Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in this northwest Los Angeles suburb it's not hard to get caught up again in the '80s where fast and heavy spending habits meant prosperity without apparent repercussion It's also easy depending on your opinion about the nation's 40th chief executive to have strong feelings about this library and who it honors The complex was opened Nov 4 by the largest gathering of American presidents and their" families Four former chief executives and President George Bush plus their wives and family members of Lyndon Johnson and John F Kennedy attended the gala dedication event at the li- to" $57-millio- Jf&l & vimL- - ' v$ II' ' -- n —-- tel The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is in Simi Valley Calif about 50 miles from Los Angeles d the-aterl- as heas room albeit small — and his library is being operated with no federal funding "This library is not an attempt to be objective" said the tour guide clearly offended by the question "I bet you probably wouldn't find anything about the helicopter crash in Iran in the Carter library" IF YOU GO: The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is in Simi Valley about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles it's about a 60- - to drive from Los Angeles International Airport There is ample free parking The address is 40 Presidential Drive Simi Valley Calif 93065 Phone: for more information The library is open 10 am to 5 pm noon to 5 pm Sunday (Hours are extended until 6 pm during Pacific Daylight Time) Closed Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year's the extensive fish te fast-pace- (non-alcohol- Monday-Saturda- You'll hear the x a ever-prese- sound of Reagan's voice as he taped explanations for many displays My nieces Melinda and Mary grew bored easily with the political details about Reagan's two terms as governor of California and eight years at the White House But they were interested in the personal information about Ronald Reagan's romance and marriage with Nancy Reagan The girls also spent time at the display of some of the 70000 gifts to Reagan from ordinary citizens such as the Seal of the President made with 65000 finishing nails and the ostrich egg and music box which plays "Hail to the Chief" The large wall schedules showing a typical day for the president Day Admission: adults $2 children 15 and under free seniors 62 and above $1 and his first lady also won rave reviews The hit of the library was the Oval Office replica where everyremake (exthing is an exact-sizcept for the original Reagan chair behind the desk) Reagan 81 decorated his White House office in a Western motif with toy soldiers and 12 miniature bronzed sade dles The desk with its small sign "It can be done" is not nearly the size I would have expected for the president I heard someone wondering out loud why the desk was so clean Though the library is a federal government facility one of nine presidential libraries don't expect to find an entirely objective portrayal of Reagan's presidency When I couldn't find any mention about the affair I asked a tour guide where it was After all Nixon had a Watergate DALLAS MORNING K Foundation and the Reagan NEWS adulterated After some lean years a bankruptcy a merge with Continental Trailways some nipping and tucking rethinking and reorganizing Greyhound Lines Inc announced last month that it made a profit in November and December '91 I for one am relieved to hear that Greyhound will survive I may be the only person in the country who gets nostalgic over disinthe smell of fectant The bus was my preferred mode of travel in my early wandering days It was cheap safe and offered a view I'm not talking about "motor-coactoursu" where the "bus" is as luxurious as a budget hotel (sometimes more so) I'm talking the dinosaurs of the road that lumber through the country taking soldiers home to mother hobos to new horizons and the impecunious to visit grandma in Tallahassee Bus travel is not to understate for everyone It entails long hours in cramped seats growing grubby It sometimes means sitting next to people you wouldn't take home to mother It usually means taking a long time to travel a short distance It always requires visits to bus depots usually in the more charmless parts of towns Travel by airplane and you will see nothing but your point of departure and your destination Travel by car and you'll likely see mostly highways until your exit comes up Travel by bus and you'll see every podunk town between here and there The bus is the long way through the country a ride through present and past through cities and towns — towns with one stoplight where the bus depot is a cafe a gas station or a small shack unlocked once a day when the bus passes through If there were no bus travel who would see these places? Would they exist at all? If a tree fell in the forest The people who ride the bus are the warp and woof of America Holding together the country's flashy pattern of doctors lawyers and movie stars are auto mechan--ic- s and grocery clerks waitresses and shoe salesmen retired farmers and their wives Sure the paths of people who might seem to have little in common cross every day But on the bus when everyone is functioning at the lowest common denominator it is easier to see people differently h Ronald Reagan Presidential Iran-Cont- ra On the other hand bus travel also is Americana at its most un- By Sophia Dembling learned later from friends one display It certainly wasn't clearly evident as I would have expected considering the library's operation is funded with taxpayer dollars (The library is a government historical research facility operated by the National Archives and Records Administration The Reagan Presidential Foundation raised funds for construction) Both Melinda and Mary gave the library a "thumbs-up- " mostly for the personal artifacts including Nancy Reagan's dresses the Reagan family Bible opened to his mother's favorite verserand the many video displays Noa"s exciting as Nintendo at home they said but interesting nevertheless Yet the girls seemed relieved in a way that the library didn't live up to its billing "I've never heard of a library without any books" said Mary If Mary were a researcher she could gain access to about 63 milarlion of the chives opened last November for research Besides the archives the library houses the offices of the Ronald Reagan Cen- ter for Public Affairs WE £t?rii APOLOGIZE! 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