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Show TRAVEL Having a wonderful new fee Wish you were trying it. Newest— Camping Spots The camping boom is on—sois the coast-to-coast development of new areasfor the outdoor family tail Dam was completed on the Bighorn River, and it created a 70-mile-long lake The Appalachian Trail for hiking from Maine to Georgia winds almost 100 miles southwest of Billings, Mont. Millions of fish were stocked. Campers will be wise to get in the bonanza certain to follow at Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area this year. About 150 campsites were installed at Horseshoe Bend (near Lovell, Wyo.), com- through the park. Riding horses can be rented, and there are daily naturalist pro- grams and nature hikes. But all campsites are available on a first-come first-served basis (14 days maximum) and can fill up quickly in midsummer, In sharp contrast to Shenandoah, be- plete with boat docks and launching ramps. cause camping space is never a problem, More will be ready elsewhere for visitors in 1969. Besides thefishing, the surrounding region is rich in historical and archeological interest. Rock hounds have long knownthe area as a happy-hunting ground, and Yellowstone Park isn’t too far away over the Beartooth highway. Alligator Point campgrounds near Panama City, Fla., is unique in being the only privately owned facility on this list. It is is Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Since this is a new park with its road network still undeveloped, it is a favorite with campers who own four-wheel-drive jeeps to visit the remote and spectacularly scenic areas. The park consists generally of that colorful canyon country between the Green and Colorado Rivers. Some breath-taking views of the rivers are possible from places like Deadhorse Point, a thousand feet above the water. The main improved Canyonlands campgrounds is at Squaw Flats, Primitive camping is permitted in the Islands in the Sky section. No firewood is available (bring your own fuel), and it is also good advice to carry plenty of drinking water. A number of new areas will be open and furnish at least limited camping facilities in 69. A partial list of these would include North Cascades National Park in Washi: , Guadalupe Mountains National Park in west Texas, Point Reyes National Seashore (look for campsites for this at Samuel P. Taylor State Park nearby) in California, and Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri. Ozark preserves about 150 miles of the also unique in that almost every conceiv- able type of convenience is furnished—and not too far from the best swimming beaches. Nearby to Alligator Point is St. Andrews State Park, with 150 individual sites, and West Panama City Beach campgrounds. Besidesall of the fine fishing and water sports, a good part of this area is one vast, neon-lighted amusementcenter, which some campers enjoy. Expanding camping facilities are bring- Current and Jacks Fork Rivers, along which boat-camping downstream is possible through the Ozark Mountains. Formal campsites exist at Montauk State Park and near Van Buren,wherelocal outfitters % A Montana camper’s bonus—great fishing. ing more campers than ever before to old favorite Shenandoah National Park, high in Virginia's Blue Ridge. The in-park campsites are located at Big Meadows, Lewis Mountain, Loft Mountain—and the newest at Matthews Arm near Elk Wallow. Big Meadows and Loft Mountain are the most complete, with everything from pay showers to laundermats and many grocery stores. can arrange river trips under canvas. One point pretty well sums up the present camping picture: campers never had it so good before. Nor have they ever had so many exciting places to go. @ 9,000 Campgrounds--Hujdreds Free Want descriptions of 9,000 campgrounds, their facilities and activities (hundreds free, TO TRAIN AS CLAIMS ADJUSTERS Insurance Adjusters and investigators are badly needed due to the tremendous increase of claims resulting from automobile accidents, fires, ies, riots, storms, and industrial accidents, Over 58 million dollars worth of claims paid exch day. Insurance Adjusters Schools, _ facilities at MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA,or LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.Excelient employment assistance. For details without obligation, fill out coupon and mail today. dozens in your state) plus full-color road maps? Send $8.95 plus $5¢ shipping for complete S%x11 in, 244-page “Guidebook to Campgrounds” to F.W, Books, Dept. Alz$/2, Boz 707, Grand Central Station, New York, N.Y, 10017. 1872 N.W. 7th Street, Miami, Florida 33125 Age... Name...... Address Ghyisee Family Weekly, April 20, 1969 6 APPROVEDNHSC MEMBER INSURANCE ADJUSTERS SCHOOLS,Dept. Fw Phone... . Eligible for VA Benefits?. |