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Show ft ' ... v X,: .. ,,, ;,'' f i .'" -..., i J '':V v vV "' , . V'. : .:-vk .v' . -v.' i t - .: ; , ' -'' '-'-. - '. IO f . . - . V' C .' :'.:.y. -?j V 2 A , .. ... f t .. . ' 'i , 1 1 K i ' "s , . ( .!!'' it .- ' -.' t3 . " v.VJ1 . ivf'..- -v.ft ' b.' "l7-;" . Ki-rAvv- J i ' , iv .". ' - v. : '. 1 ..... .... "" . ..; I Jeeps headed for the Gemini Bridges rind Spider Mesa tern's stopped near Lions River Park Satorday morn-int; morn-int; to wait for those persons who had been unable to finish breakfast before the 9 a.m. starting time. The two groups led nearly one hundred vehicles. ) Biggest Crowd Ever Enjoys Jeep Safari; Z Warm Easier Wsofher in Moab Area C Nearly eight hundred :: jeople ar.d jeeps were m hand last weekend for he Filth Annual Jeep "-lalari held here. Compar. son with last year's to-al to-al showed an inerease of .bo-jt 70 vehicles and (no re than three hundred f ieople. Reports from the var-ous var-ous group leaders indic-it-;d that on the Rim Trail fvere eighteen rough coan-ry coan-ry vehicles; in Arche:-. National Monument, 22 eeps saw the Marching Hen route; Gemini Brid- ires held 3 vehicles, with S3 counted on the Pritchett irch Trail. 60 vehicles ca- ied passengers on the lew route added this year 1)n Poison Spider Mesa. Members of the Lion? Zlub reported that they erved more than 500 persons per-sons at the Safari Break-ifast. Break-ifast. Problems in serving that number of people in i ithe hour of time alloted to the Lions led to a dc-lay dc-lay of the departure for about half an hour. I Dinner a Success Boy Scout representa tives reported that the dinner held at Lions Park Friday night also brought record numbers of persons. per-sons. Officials at all sections sec-tions of the Canyonlan.ls National Park complex reported re-ported that record numbers num-bers of visitors were here fo the weekend. Chamber of Commerce members spent their Tuesday Tues-day luncheon meeting in discussion of possible methods me-thods of improving the Safari for next year. One of the most emphatic suggestions sug-gestions was that the number num-ber of leaders on each route be increased so that there are at least two leaders, lea-ders, one in front and one behind the group. On at least one of the routes, Ger.iir.i Bridges, there was some problem because the person who had been designated des-ignated to lead the group had not been able to make the trip. Those persons who were chosen to replace re-place the leader, were noi fully familiar with tin route, and were handicap1, ped by having to work as back-up help for vehicles which were having trouble. trou-ble. Windup Session Other suggestions in eluded having a get-together on Saturday evening even-ing to swap stories and discuss routes as well aa give visitor a chance to decide if they wished to take other routes on Sunday. Sun-day. Two way radios should be furnished for both the lead and the back-up ve- )V," '--v : ;; T-' r- U ... ; --.,-',: r h i-i ' ? n ' Hr' r - . - u ' , ' -'. . '' a 'iK-i r , i 1 ? ' - - ' 1 1 . - SV" " s; a c" ' ' ' - t.i - 0 f ' ' ' i'l i! .. . Registration for Jeep Safari participants was held Friday afternoon in front of the Moab National Bank building. Only ) a small percentage of those who actual- ly wtnt on the trip were registered at time, however more registration was taken ta-ken at the Lion Park during breakfast. hide so that the people in charge can keep track of all vehicles and any prob. lems which might be developing. de-veloping. On the Pritchett Arch trip, as well as on others with large numbers of vehicles, ve-hicles, it was suggested that guides be on hand to deal with smaller groups. Large groups should be 'divided and departure times staggered to prevent pile-tips and straggling along al-ong the trail. Persons with other sug-gestions sug-gestions should contaM Betty Jacobs of the Cham-'ber Cham-'ber of Commerce office, where all such suggestions will be kept on file for use in other Safaris. |