| Show a aF 4 h F k y M YI f r r rl ra l r ra a ra a k kY t 9 t Y t of at r Rk KAP a zYx 1 MOAB BOAT Where DOCKS the mile Canyon Country River mer Marathon will wind up In mid June Boaters and spectators from throughout the country will participate in inthe the annual races Motor Boat oat I Rae ace Will Highlight Suggested Tour Editors Editor's Note This is an ai other In a series of See Se Utah articles designed t to better acquaint with wit their state The stories have hay been prepared by the Uta Utah Tourist and Publicity C our oun elL cU Each week a different sector of the state will be b featured The mile Canyon Coun Cour Courtry try River one Marathon c of the most outstanding out board motorboat races hi in the th world will highlight a sug Bested tour for June Jun 16 and 17 Without missing any of Uri t e thrills of this annual race roc from Green River to Moat Moab spectators will have an ex es opportunity to visit some of Utah's most spectacular lar rock red river country Country that includes Dead Dea Horse Point State Park and an Arches National Monument Boaters from all over the th nation will compete in the therace th thrace race with covers magnificent stretches of the Green and one Colorado River The course begins at the the town own of Green River extends extend town down the Green River riles miles to its junction with the Colorado then goes 68 miles mile up ap the Colorado to Moab The race is sponsored by bythe ba bahe the he Canyon Country Rivet River Marathon Association an or founded jointly by bythe the he Chambers of Commerce and urd boating clubs of Green Greer River liver and Moab Of course if youre you're one of o the he increasing number of o those hose owning his own boat then hen you'll want to take the the scenic trip on the water er sr before or after the mars mara marshon thon hon However if you are a land lubber and would prefer to tc see ee much of the same country by fy car then this tour begins for or you at Green River also You can then drive to Dead Horse Point via highways 6 50 0 and turning onto an improved road to the State Park ark j 1st jt st before Moab From Dead Horse Point Grand View ViewPoint you ou can travel to Point for a panoramic view of one ne of the most spectacular river aver gorges in Utah It is un un- un likely from this point that the tourist can see the boaters below elow but the scenery Is well worth the drive However If you wish to see finish the therace theace some ome of the boats race ace then you must go straight to Moab from Dead Horse Point The town of Moab is an In resting stop on the tour This iss progressive little corn com known as The Uran ium sm Capital of Utah has grown rown by leaps and bounds since nce the precious metal be- be became came Important t to America Americas in s the atomic age Just east of Highway and rid north of Moab Is the fan world of Arches Na Na- Na onal Monument perhaps one re of the strangest yet most beautiful natural Wonders of ofee I the ee world In the Monument proper roper the wind has carved the le canyon walls Into a my myad riad ad of shapes I Here are arches and win win- windows dows Dwa In solid soUd stone from a aze size ze that you can scarcely crawl awl through to Immense spans fans larg large enough to an army Some mono mono- monoliths Lisa weighing hundreds of tons ins are balanced oft oi decay ecay START 4 ARCHES n M i Mo e c NORSE t VIEW POINT MAP OF SCENIC rw TOUR TOURing Ing bases Towering chimneys jut toward the sky Deep caves are still being gouged In the salmon hued sandstone Arches differ somewhat from the natural bridges found In Natural Bridges Na r-Ja- r Monument to the south Generally arches are formed I by the erosion of wind and andi i bridges are arc formed by streams that have left natural I byI spans Arches National Monument Monument Illes lies in a region of desert sand stone and of deep and tortu ous canyons Southward the pyramided La Sal Mountains climb Into the sky with the high peak a aUte aWe Ute We Indian name meaning place where the sun shines longest bearing a cap of snow the year around on In Utah June 8 10 Vernal State American Legion ConvEntion June second week Vernal Vernal Race Meet i June Logan 16 Music I Clinic at Utah State University sity June Provo 1114 Leader Leader- Leadership ship Week at BYU lectures exhibit etc June 16 1216 Salt Lake City MIA Speech and Drama Festival Centennial play June month mid Tooele Queen Contest and HorseShow Horse HorseShow Show June Annual 1517 MIA Conference Church June Green 16 River to Moab Canyon Country River Marathon June third week Vernal Amateur rodeo |
