Show Wanda Visits Provo Canyon and the Beautiful Heber Valley When I viewed the Royal while traveling over the scenic Denver Rio Grande at no time did the reality exceed my to be I was a little I have no doubt but was in me and not in the for it is characteristic of when anticipating a pleasure for a long period of to build up in the imagination an extravagant picture of what they may The majority of us formed our conclusions concerning the Royal Gorge from attractive literature containing highly drawn circulated by the The writers have idealized their descriptions with that blessed thing we call as an artist idealizes his when painting its likeness upon When these scenes of long anticipation suddenly confront we momentarily forget to draw upon our imag-ti and the result is often a temporary disappointment and weeks after we seem to to a full recognition and appreciation of the riot of nature that we were only conscious in a vague and half-hearted sort of way at the A few days ago I visited starting from Salt Lake City and traveling via Upon being informed that I was going to Heber some of my who were old residents of assured me that the ride through Provo canyon was very beautiful but their statements made a superficial and transitory impression for Had I not seen the the Royal Gorge and lived in friendly relationship with the Sierra Madre mountains in southern Did they think they had anything new to offer me canyon As I boarded the train at Provo to and took my preparatory to a couple of hours' I forgot all about canyons and their attractions and was lost in a-compendium of reflections until the attractive meadows along the way drew my The farm lands looked so green and inviting at this season of the As we reached the resort near the mouth of the I became mildly interested at the appearance the mountains and as the train was submerged in the canyon I was also in surprise and I retired hastily to the rear end of the train in order to miss no bit of beauty on the As we traveled the scenery grew more rugged and when the heart of the canyon was I could have shouted in as did William crags and I'm with- ye once again Never had I seen nature in a mood so wild and The jagged peaks were higher and more imposing than anything I had seen in the Royal I longed to climb high ground so rare felt that I give voice to an eloquence su I had- never been These magnificent excrescent our emblems of the humanity must climb 2 how they inspired exalt our being as We conS plate their beauty and their The ever-changing jj new and encircled the tall flaunt their le over forT shaded creek whispers it sings coquettishly again it growls elsewhere it rages one fee's that if they follow mountain itS source its 1 'S By hear an intensely King story varying from the love-tale to the most tragedy that Shakespeare Here was for had been no prelude of the grandeurs of the the train emerged into a of surpassing one most elevated valleys in Heber familiarly Kg as Provo It is a doubt the most in the state not being its beauty is enhanced ose proximity of the s whose strata gleams in ike delicately penciled spots of snow appearing like bits of into the e center of the valley town of b the kind solicitude pi I was driven points of the fining the most sightly he grand panorama and valuable Clyde concerning the The slowly but port its standard is con-higher and its ears ago Heber was Possessor of thirteen 1 today it cannot boast excellent result was 1 about through conjurations and peti-the passing of any The most of the valley are lt springs cases this water mounds of rock can be and there are there for the Se formations are One of these had been auspiciously turned into a The largest of these mounds is one hundred and twenty-five feet high and the aperture is 40 feet in Late years the waters has receded until it is about forty feet from the surface of the hole to the the lime formation of the wall is rough and We observed something flying around in the cavity that at first looked like bats but proved to be They probably had nested on the walls down near the it being and I was told that the bottom of this hot pot had never been effect of gazing down in this dreary hole is terrifying to the I could almost fancy I saw some formidable allies of his Satanic majesty peering out from the nooks and corners and gloating over the anticipation of a possible new Grain is the principle product of Heber although most anything will These summer nights are delightfully cool and the stars shine with more brilliancy there than any place I have ever so rarefied is the Heber's citizens are remarkably and this trip to Heber will long remain in my |