Show A TRIP THROUGH THE NATIONAL Of all the wonders and mysteries of nature in this broad the greatest can be seen in the Yellowstone National The trip was made in the early part of the weather was certainly with the exception of the last two days of the The party was composed of and L. G. Ryland and Miss Belva Bird of the Misses Edith and Grace of P. B. Castor and the editor of the V. Lloyd of Sugar The park is a thirty-six hours' drive from Sugar monotony of the long drive is broken by the picturesque clad with their native now and then appearing a babbling a creek or a bed of beautiful flowers to break the Anxiety gets at its pitch when the west boundary of the Yellowstone Park is for every one feels the revival of new with bright hopes that they are about to view the wonders which they have heard so much and longed for so many years to And we must state right here that from the beautiful descriptions given by those who have seen from the colorings of the postal and the eloquent praise of writers in describing would naturally give the impression that it had been greatly but after having seen for we wish to say that it has not been exaggerated one because exaggeration is After having passed through the Christmas tree which is immediately inside of the west and proceed along by the junction of the Gibbon and Firehole the first thing to meet our eyes is the Fountain which presents a beautiful appearance and reminds us that we are again in the midst of In the we see steam and water bursting forth into the each spurt going a little higher until the highest is when it gradually lessens its force until it has faded Such is the Fountain geyser and had ceased before we could reach But looking around and taking a view of the lower basin we find that steam and water into the air is very much in and before we travel around the it is such a common occurrence that very little notice is taken of In the lower geyser basin viewed the Mammoth paint the great fountain geyser and many other interesting Next we came to that huge the Excelsior formerly known as Half From there we went to the upper geyser and here we saw all of the twenty-six geysers and the hot Among the import- THE GIANT ant geysers we saw was the which played very often and which everyone who goes through the park has the privilege of Old which has never been known to fail to erupt about every the which is peculiarly located at the edge of the Firehole which we witnessed twice before leaving the upper The the largest geyser in the and which only plays three times a was another of the treats of the It commenced playing about an hour after we arrived in the basin and continued for one hour and a It threw a column of water feet into the and it was a grand During the course of its eruption we took three pictures of one which was taken by and which is produced Before leaving the upper basin we made an inspection of the Old Faithful which is one of the grandest buildings of its kind ever built by and is worth going many mites to It is built of the natural logs in their native It contains an old time which is a welcoming The office and dining are ex All the chairs are made from the natural The hotel is eight stories with a lookout on at which place a beautiful view of the basin can be From the Old Faithful inn to the Thumb we saw the Lone Star wild and took a number of pictures of elk and The Yellowstone lake was the next beautiful and when it came to a boat ride on the lake in the with the peaceful and glowing rays of the moon in it was then that we realized there was no end to the beauties of and which we realized more forcibly when the Grand Canyon was It was about noon when we reached the Grand and after dinner we proceeded on foot from our camping grounds to the upper falls of the At this place the water falls about After we had climbed down four hundred steps and found ourselves standing upon a platform with the lower falls of the Yellowstone a few feet below we then realize that wonders never and as we stand in the spray of the white foaming waters as they leap feet into the canyon we see them like a streak of silver wending its way down a canyon more beautiful than we can It is so grand that words cannot describe It is by people who have traveled the world as being the most beautiful sight on From the Grand Canyon we go to the Norris Geyser which seems insignificant after having viewed the greater geysers of the and it is passed by We started on our way to the Mam- moth Hot but after having gone a few miles from night came on and we were com- f to pitch our and were once more contented to stand around the camp fire and enjoy the pleasant society of the It rained before that day had passed and a camp fire felt mighty good that The next day we reached Mammoth Hot springs and examined very carefully the Minerva and the Jupiter the Liberty the Fort and other interesting We also took a drive five miles down to the little town of Gardiner at the northern After passing through the Golden Gate and Silver Pass we went by way of Norris to the western keeping our eyes open to all that was strange or and then returned through Island Park to Sugar where the party was broken contented and pleased with what they had and the pleasant way that the summer vacation had been and hoping that some future time may come when they could again go over the 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