| Show Monuments parade across the desert and in Land Navaho tall serene and timeless a land where time stands ha in tet4-nli- still tor :'114tt ''''''''''' 414111410 esert ' A fr' ::'t ' ss" : Irteft - chenntdoi 411Posrlt-1- '41 4 ape 413 't i 0 4 v 1114 - i :k1 ! 44 - 14 r:t -- 'A- - IT N 6 ott 9 1 4 0 A '- north from or maybe from the east U S 66 from Gallup and your first sight of the Painted Desert in the spring has worked its subtle spell You decide to explore more of this Northern Arizona country which is at once bleak and forbidden yet warm and dazzling beneath the sun and flaming with color It's the land of the Navaho and Hopi Indians and before them the cliff yOU'VE dweller Traveling can be rugged but it's entirely safe and thoroughly enjoyable if you stick to the main roads which are unpaved but usually well graded and maintained Side roads because of the deep sands of this desert country are best negotiated with Jeep or other drive conveyance However a number of trading posts in this area maintain desert vehicles and will guide visitors to remote and more fascinating portions of the region You can also find horses for hire if you want to dispense with roads altogether for a day More Careful Cheek So before you leave Gallup for Canyon de Che111 or Cameron Ariz for four-whe- el ascertain road directions and conditions obtain select a definitOi destination Make sure too you have ample gasoline oil and Take along a picnic especially water lunch or other -- food supply for there will be many superb spots where You will want to stop an hour or so just to ey first specific watch the shifting changing colors across the desert distances and photograoll everything in sight Take a good suPply of color film for this is strictly cokir couOry You'll find Navahos through here for this is their reservation You'll find them friendly—and proud—and a people who discourage invasion of their privacy So don't try shooting pictures Make some arrangements first said arrangements usually Including parting with a piece of silver or willy-nill- y two and they camera-carryin- g colorfully-garbe- d young shepherds Swain Nap iti with tourist& You'll see women weaving rugs of both sexes tending will 111P54-Sce- ek Editioa flower-blanket- Utah to the Goose Necks of the San Juan River where the stream loops through deep gorges far below the lookout point And with a new road from Blanding to Natural Bridges National Monument this attraction la becoming more popular The bridges are superb samples of the wind and water erosion peculiar to Southern Utah and arch across the canyon more than 200 feet above its floor One OM be viewed almost from your car The others require trail trips In this area motel acecenniodations are available at Blanding Mexican Hat and Monticello Boat iliPar are made during the summer from 'Mexican Hat down the San Juan and Colorado Rivers A number of withwhile prehistoric dwellings can be vial in this "Four Corners" section of Utah Arizona Colo- rado and New Mexico om Monticello surfaced U S 160 takes you north to Arches National Monument and on to Salt Lake City or east and south into Colorado and New Mexico Hat Iv r ' 17 -- r t 4 '' keelilEC00 aw6 of the Goosenecks San Juan Maxkon River near Utah Hat kw? T- - ILN up gi A ) LIVES HERE rZ kAi r 2s '1 'I (1 — ) qotirt-- toil00— Here among the rock towers Butch ' Cassidy and his Robbers Roost out- ed Other Attractions Travelers continuing north usually take the short side trip from Mexican t - 0 4 - ' COME C:e: PN "A e- - ft their sheep and goats against a backdrop of towering cliffs and lone horsemen riding away seemingly into nowhere You can find places to stay awhile in this fascinating country but you'll have to make advance arrangements Accommodations are limited and more visitors are streaming in each year drawn by the magic mixture of isolation and adventure and the opportunity of roaming an unspoiled and brilliantly beautiful land—a land almost the same today as it was a century ago Goulding Trading Post in the heart bl Monument Valley offers cabins and meals It also boasts a landing strip adequate for smaller planes From here the best features of Monument Valley are readily accessible and trips deep In the desert can be arranged by either horse or jeep This is one of the most photographed spots in America with professional lensmen coming from both coasts to record in color the great monoliths rising from the desert floor the beauty of spring and the sudden storms that sweep the countryside - s r 1) 71- ' r It - Ao L- I "- hresaa-c- oil and -- 4'' - '1grs41" 4 ' 't y in both Illma tNir-s- -4 laws left the echoes of clattering hoof- beats Here the smodem-daadven- - I turer follows his Geiger Counter to new thrills The Three-State- s natural gas field is one of the largest strikes in recent history and there is much activity 3011004--- - 11' yr' 4 ov-- 42g-- !'4"t' 4' gas i t - '1141 - ) - 1 -'''' S'::: ab-- t ONT-- - - 'it "A "fr-C-o- 11"' ' ""11ø 1110 't'l development Beautiful scenic drives timbered camp- Green River Mg spots cavernous Buckborn Draw and Castle Val- ley with its buttes peaks and mesas are filled with adventure See the Old Spanish Trail which antedates 1800 g --- - i ventur ous Emery County this year The final stretch of Utah Highway 10 through Salina Canyon is from Price to Salina opening new scenic vistas previously -- all-weath- Inaccessible 71 A3 d(e adventurols Emery Coun -- - 61 this year - --- 1 13 EMERY VI County COMMISSION 41"LarL-4c— 7 THE SALT LAKE TIMONE IT |
