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Show Thursday, July 8, 1976 Ben Lomond Beacon 5 Paqe 9 13 tours Poetry Comer at 4 corner attractions The Old Swimming Hole' How many remember the old swimming hole Beneath the big willow tree. Where we spent summer days to beat the heat And the price of the swimming was free? We sure had fun On days in the spring when the weather was warm seemed playing hooky from school Just to swim in that old swimming hole Shouldn t been breaking a rule. It I can see the kids as they peeled off their clothes and yelled at the one that was slow, "You sure are a sissy if you don't jump In And we'll tell all the kids that we know." at the old swimming hole provide look . Those days that we loved have gone with the wind And now the town has a pool, Just over the fence fromour backyard Across the street from the school. The states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah touch borders just about 350 miles north of Mexico. Its gorgeous country, within its borders are more than 420,000 square miles of mountains, deserts, lakes, and rivers, comprising one sixth of the total land area of the 48 .contiguous states. And while the wide open spaces offer such remarkable scenic attractions as Rocky governments Four Corners the Commission, Regional four states, calling themThe Four Most set about designing package tours with broad interest. The first tours are selves West, . now being offered. It became apparent in the very beginning that the variety of these four states would be the biggest asset we would have to reckon with, says Brad P. Smith, director A raft we made of some plank, Mountain, Grand Canyon, of the Four Corners Regional The I has craft price We thought it a sea worthy sturdy gone up since was a kid Zion and Bryce National Tourism Organization, the The swimming has ceased to be free. But alas the bottom it sank. Parks, only 2.8 per cent of the marketing arm of the And the pool is out in the broiling sun U.S. population lives in these program. Mr. Smith has a Not down near the willow tree. four states. Sometimes as the sun in the far west was setting point. Together these 4 states Lane Huband Our dad would give a big yell, Result: cosmopolitan have 10 national parks, 37 "If you don't get out of that swimming hole population enclaves (Denver, national 32 monuments, You are going to get hell." Salt Phoenix, Lake, national forests, 1,500 state that tend to parks, Albuquerque) campsites, state and generate industrial dollars, national historical sites and Uy while outside the cities recreation 2 areas, tourism is one of the few grasslands, 20 wilderness and activities primitive areas. these states can count on. The four states are Mountain Fuel Resources, With the enrgy crunch of uniquely rich in scenic, made by B.Z. Kastler, pipeline facility begins near ownership of which was miles of 10 inch pipeline and historical and recreational suband Inc., a wholly-owne- d Colorado, president of Mountain Fuel Aspen, acquired by the company four compressor stations. the early 70s, these four of Mountain Fuel He the the traverses said Piceance Resources. from Utah Natural Gas sidiary states, heavily dependent on activity sites. A quick look at your map has transaction was completed ' Basin and terminates at Company last year. Supply Company, The purchase was ap- automobile tourism, decided the story. In Arizona, tels at Cascade headquarters in Bonanza, Utah. There it acquired the Colorado-Uta- h that look would together they proved by the Federal Division of Cascade Natural connects to Mountain Fuel Seattle. The price was apIncluded in the newly of spectacular Grand Canyon Power Commission and the to the development Gas Corporation. h heads the list. In Colorado, Supply Companys proximately $8.5 million. acquired property are 92.2 Utah Public Service package tours. Under the The announcement was Basin pipeline, sole The newly miles of 14 inch pipeline, 29.1 acquired direction of the federal Rocky Mountain National Park. In Utah, magnificent Lake Powell reflects the red rock country. And in New Mountain Fuel purchases gas corporation dollar-generatin- g Orem-Uinta- brasg a WisTr Mexico, 17th HI HSJEJS A g 21125,000 p. 0 0 'j7J!RT7,I7,Jgaia ETEiEE Labor 7J!f. On all new rotary engine cars or trucks bought on or after July 1, 1976. Service 3 eteieee Oil ,1 Ll Maintenance EE&EE Lubes IT I7?5? vLi ! uV I I Brake Adjustments Filters 1L ETEB.EE Mugs Mazdas 2 year25,000 Mazda will pay all service costs of normal use (except gas) for any rotary engine car or truck purchased new on or after July 1, 1976, for two years or 25,000 miles, whichever comes first. Your Mazda dealer will provide you with all parts, labor and materials for all service or repairs required on all foctory equipment. This offer is good only in certain states and for a limited time. comes parts, on all states GET A GREAT DEAL WHEN YOU GET IN ON THE FREE MAZDA FOR ALL AT: CUTRUBUS 843 W. Riverdale Rd Hre,mZ3iasnSnan mile Mazda will pay all service costs of normal use (except gas) for any rotary engine car or truck purchased new on or after July 1 1 976, for two years or 25,000 miles, whichever first. Your Mazda dealer will provide you with all labor and materials for all service or repairs required foctory equipment. This offer is good only in certain and for a limited time. GET A GREAT DEAL 3 ? Mazda will pay all service costs of normal use (except gas) for any rotary engine car or truck pur- chased new on or after July 1, 1976, for two years or 25,000 miles, whichever comes first. Your Mazda dealer will provide you with all parts, labor and materials for all service or repairs required on all factory equipment. This offer is good only in certain states and for a limited time. Q rriEEFC?jyifriEfC3iuir.0'crjiujrij Mazdas rotary engine licensed by WHEN YOU GET IN ON THE MAZDA FREE FOR ALL AT: its the influgnce of 621-110- 0 senior citizens. This trip takes in the highlights ol all four states. Guest ranches? There are more than 200 of them in the Four Most Vilest. These include tennis ranches. One of the most unique tours oi the four states is provided by a pilot based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His name is Bruce Adams, a displaced easterner, who flies his own special aircraft and your party across the four states to points of scenic and cultural interests off the beaten track. Adams highspeciaily-designewinged. d monoplane may be seen setting in at a trading post in a distant, remote corner of the huge Navajo Indian reservation. Those who fly with Adams will sleep under the wing and dine on steaks cooked over an open fire at night; enjoy the next night at a fine hotel in Denver or Salt Lake. Visitors get a special treat when they view the many national parks and monuments from Adam's birdseye location. In a three hour flight with Adams, one may cover portions of New Mexico, Utah, Arizona and Colorado. century Spain at Santa Youll see incredible Park And in all 4 states, there are where the Green and members of 37 different Colorado Rivers come Indian tribes and pueblos. together; next in view are the The West still lives in the tall, green Rocky Mountains. "Four Most West. The Continental Divide The Four Corners Regional bisects the four states. Alter Tourism Organization knew that, its possible to look over that variety would be a the wing and view an Apache promotable plus. Offering the Indian resort below you. And first tours in 1976 program perhaps at the end of the began 1 year earlier when flight, you find yourself in Four Corners Regional Scottsdale enjoying a snack Tourism Organization began of fine pate, breads, and a structuring its tours with an German eiswein. toward interest The Four Most West, by eye nature of"the geography, segments. The result is 13 different olfers a vast array ol ac tour categories, each of them tivities. In one tour you can specifically directed to a get your till of trail riding; in segment ol tourism market. another, its all hy foot backa packing into remote areas of "Cultures ot Contrast, tour series offered hy south- wilderness. You can ride in a western anthropologist Dr. B. 19th Pullman Century Alan Kite, takes visitors ( completely restored as you among the Indians to see travel along the sides of a portions of these cultures thrashing river or placid most people never get close lake. There is fishing in a to. College credit is of fered on thousand lakes and rivers. these tours. The emphasis You can hunt big game, Fe. Canyonlands National " a from Dr. Kite cultural aspects is on the of the South- west and how they have blended into a truly unique Another tour, "Outlaws, Railroads and Mining Camps," provides a tascinating trip lor the Western history buff or the in interested person railroading. This trip takes the vacationer from the silver mines of the high Rockies to the arid country of Lost Dutchman fame. Other tours provide unique and interesting means of seeing the highlights of the Four Most culture. upland birds, or wateriowl. Golf fifty different courses as part of one package. Cook dinner and spend the night in an outlaw cave. Watch Indian ceremonial dances. Visit the inside oi a Navajo hogan. Climb to the ruins ol Anasa.i cliff dwelling built about 1100 AD. Spend days exploring the maze of canyons around Lake Powell, either houseboat or a small but comfortable launch. Tour Bryce, Grand Canyon, Zion, Canyonlands, and Mountain Rocky National Parks, ski cross country or downhill; dine on West, including the national Navajo fry bread or sue- parks and monuments and culent filet mignon. the Indian tribes and pueblos. So, as Smith says, "Where Another tour package offers a does one begin? ' variety ol ski vacations. Yet another tour provides the visitor with option packages on river running the mighty Colorado, the Green River. A special golf tour in essence provides you with a choice ol golf courses from the spec- Driver tacular alpine beauts ol Tamarron in Colorado to fareways in Arizona where giant cacti stand sentry. For those who cant quite break away Irom the bright lights, there is a tour that takes in the capital cities of all four states and in the process, the spectacular scenic and historic sights near each of them. Special fishing, boating and camping packages are ol fered on Lake Powell, whose 1800 miles ol ol the of shoreline exceeds that shoreline Pacific California. One of the tours being as part of the Four Most West package is called the Dominguez.-Escalanttour. It follows the route taken hy two Spanish priests who explored the Four Most West in 1776 as they sought routes to the missions ol California. While the 13 original colonies were fighting for independence e Mazda's rotary engine licensed by Southwest Adventure 76, is designed with comfort and luxury and is directed to Spanish priests were ploring the West. One special tour, ex- Great safety class set lessen the You can possibility of becoming a traffic victim by enrolling in the Defensive Driving Course which begins in local cities soon. Classes will begin July 10 at Roy in the Roy City Court at 9 a.m. and the same day at the Weber County Health Building Auditorium in Ogden at 9 a.m. A class will also begin Monday, July 12 in the Weber County Health Building Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. Learn the evasive actions necessary to avoid a traftic accident. For further information and enrollment, call the Utah Safety Council, or Luke Blakely, License Driver Ogden Division, ' |
