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Show AMERICA America Worth a Visit with fewer tourists and more to see? Here's an expert's guide to Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site. Indiana Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. Illinois Lincoln Trail, Lincoln Trail Homestead, Lincoln Log Cabin, and Lincoln's New Sa!em State Parks; Lincoln Home and Lincoln Tomb National Historic Landmarks. TOUR : Texas shore, mountains, and desert Tour Time: You name it Primary Interests: Guli shore, fishing, swimming, sea and mountain scenery, canyons, wildlife of the Rio Grande. Sites Visited: Texas Padre Island National Seashoie, tig Bend National Park. TOUR: Civil War (West) Tour Time: 10 days to 2 weeks from Fort Donelson, Tenn., to Kennesaw Mountain, Ga Primary Interests: History. Sites Visited: Tennessee Fort Donelson and Shiloh National Military Parks; Stones River National Battlefield. Mississippi Vicksburg National Military Park; Tupelo National Battlefield; Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site. Chickamauga Georgia-Tenness- ee Primary Interests: Camping, ing, fishing, nature, mal life. boatprehistoric ani- FlamSites Visited : ing Gorge National Recreation Area. Dinosaur NationUtah-Wyomi- ng Utah-Colora- al Monument. e TOUR: Canyon Tour Time : 1 to 4 weeks Primary Interests: Scenery, geology, camping, fishing, hiking, riding. off-the-tra- vacationing ck among wild and remote mountains, canyons, plains, rock formations, geology, pack trips, boat trips, wildlife, scenery. Sites Visited : Utah Canyonlands National Park; Capitol Reef National Monument; Natural Bridges National Monument. South Dakota Wind Cave National Park; Badlands and Jewel Cave National Monuments; Mount Rush-moNational Memorial (then to Devils Tower). re Zion-Brc- - vmmr-- j"mk H ' " TOUR: Glen Canyon Tour Time: 1 to 4 weeks Primary Interests: Water sports, camping, nature, hiking. Glen Sites Visited : Canyon National Recreation Area. Utah Rainbow Bridge National Monument. Utah-Arizo- na E-gr- TOUR: Cliff Dwellers Long Tour Tour Time: 4 weeks Primary Interests: Archeology, Bryce Canyon, Utah Sites Visited: Utah Zion National Park; Bryce Canyon National Park; Cedar Breaks National Monuments. TOUR: Cliff Dwellers Tour Time: 2 weeks Short Tour Primary Interests: Archeology, In- dians, hiking, wildlife, scenery, history, desert lore. Sites Visited : Arizona Tonto, Montezuma Castle, Tuzigoot, Walnut Canyon, Sunset Crater, Wupatki, Navajo, Canyon de Chelly, and Casa Grande National Monuments; Petrified Forest National Park. In- dians, hiking, wildlife, scenery, history, anthropology, desert lore, geology, camping, boating. Sites Visited: Arizona (starting at Tucson) Organ Pipe Cactus, Montezuma Castle, Tuzigoot National Monuments. Nevada Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Overton). Arizona Walnut Canyon, Sunset Crater, Wupatki, Navajo National Monuments; Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; Canyon de Chelly National Monument. New Mexico Chaco Canyon, Aztec Ruins, Bandelier, Gran Quivira, White Sands, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monuments. Arizona Petrified Forest National Park, Tonto and Casa Grande National Monuments. V, rl'tf , . Mount Rushmore, S.D. Montana Custer Battlefield Na- tional Monument; Bignorn Canyon National Recreation Area (partially in Wyoming). TOUR: Seashore, ChapparaL Redwoods Tour Time: 1 to 5 weeks and swimPrimary Interests: ming at Point Reyes and Pinnacles, All-ye- ar wildlife, redwoods, hiking, camping. Sites Visited : California Point Reyes National Seashore; Muir Woods and Pinnacles National Monuments. TOUR: Mountains and Lakes Tour Time: 1 to 6 weeks Primary Interests: Scenery, nature, wildlife, hiking, camping, fishing, horseback tiding. Sites Visited: California Lassen Volcanic National Park; National Recreation Area. Whiskey-town-Shasta-Trin- TOUR: Curecanti-Blac- Canyon Tour Time: 1 to 3 weeks Primary Interests: Water sports, camping, nature scenery, prehistoric Chattanooga Military Park and Chattanooga National Military Park. Georgia KenneBaw Mountain tional Battlefield. TOUR: Flaming Tour Time: 1 to 3 weeks Gorge-Dinosa- ur Na- k man, geology. Sites Visited: Colorado Curecanti National Recreation Area; Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument; Great Sand Dunes Na- tional Monument. TOUR: Canyonrands Tour Time: No limit Primary Interests: Camping, hiking TOUR : Four State Scenic Ramble Tour Time: At least 3 weeks Primary Interests: Scenery, caves, wildlife, history, Custer, Indians, geology, camping, boating, water sports. Sites Visited: Nebraska (Starting at Scottsbluff) Scotts Bluff National Monument; Chimney Rock National Historic Site; Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Wyoming Fort Laramie National Monument (on the way to Agate Fossil Beds) ; Devils Tower National Monument. TOUR: Mount Rainier-Coule- e Tour Time: 2 to 4 weeks Primary Interests: Scenery, camping, boating, swimming, fishing, wildlife, nature, mountain-climbin- g Mount (summit climbs of 14,410-foRainier have increased 500 percent in the last 10 years). Sites Visited: Washington Mount Rainier National Park, Coulee Dam National Recreation Area. ot Family Weekly, April SI, 1968 7 |