Show aff f w y q p V V see A lot 0 on n A littie little f ore A A ink t tt t t 4 4 IT irvin bird and merlin stevens return safely to tooele thoele from a well irvin I 1 ve got a week off with pay what do you say we go to bryce s and zion s national parka we well 11 go on our scooters you ou know irvin I 1 ked the idea and they began to make plans irvin is the son of mr and mrs I 1 D bird and meri merl n is the son of mrs velyn B stevens home demonstration agent they polished up their scooters got their sleeping bags and tents out and fastened them on the back their personal belongings were strapped on but before they could get started they needed food A dozen eggs some bacon and the scout cooking kit and for heaven s sakes don t forget the sandwiches well everything was in readiness for a quick get away on saturday morning merlin stayed with irvin and 4 15 a in saw them well on their way they passed provo and a good many po ants south and were sail ing along fine when merlin s chain wore out that wasn gasn t anything ir it VIB via just towed him to the nearest gas stat on and they got fixed up again the boy s said it was a good thing that they had a tow rope along it sure got used a lot like as not they would get out in the middle of the desert and would run out of gas lose an oil plug or break a chain and one would have to tow the other you know you have to stick pret ty close to the edge of the road when you ride these scooters mer lin and irvin were flying along when merlin hit a soft shoulder look out merlin next th ng merlin knew he was at the bottom of the grade with both arms well scratched and well skinned irvin scrambled down to help him they appraised the damage and found out that they would have bacon without eggs for breakfast what a mess those eggs must have been in weeks week s trip to zion and bryce canyons via scooters shown in the picture finally after these minor acci dents they arrived at bryce s af at 7 30 p in not bad time but well we 11 beat it going back next morning they went explore ing bryce s they took in all the sights and decided it was time to get over to zion s they covered zion s thoroughly and in the course of their travels they ran into some g ris from tooele thoele they were tempt ed to stay longer because they were having such a good time at last it came time for the big trip to come to an end and so they start ed for home bright and early on thursday morning thirteen hours later they entered tooele thoele they had just got to johnson s garage when irvin s chain broke once again the tow rope came in handy and merlin pulled irvin home their trip covered 1200 miles and they averaged 60 miles to a gallon of gas sometimes they got 88 miles and sometimes only 35 but that depended on the grade and where they went it cost them 3 80 for gas and oil and 9 70 for meals and recreation I 1 ive ve heard some people say that hitch hiking is the cheapest way to get to where you want to go but I 1 have yet to hear of one of them making it from zion s to too ele in just 13 hours As for me ill take a scooter and go along with merlin and irvin any day of the week |