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Show Hikers Laud Utah Scenes And Local Hospitality In a letter received his week from Governor Scott Matheson, the Garfield County News was told that the American Hiking Society had especially commended the people of Utah for their hospitality and friendliness. The hiking group spent two months hiking through Utah last summer and ended their walk in Washington D.C. on May 13, 1981. According to Governor Matheson's letter, the hikers were unanimous in stating that Utah was the best state they traveled through. They "marveled at our forests, mountains, deserts and canyons" and commended Utah's "wonderful friendly people from Enterprise to Monticello." Governor Matheson expressed his "enormous sense of pride" he feels as Governor when he receives such a letter. He said he knows that "Utah's greatest natural resource Is Its people" and that "it's rewarding to know that others think so too. The hikers set up a virtual "Tent City" late in June of 1980 directly across from Ruby's Inn on Utah-63. The group had stopped for a two-day rest period at scenic Bryce Canyon Naitonal Park after traveling steadily across the U.S. for three months. They exchanged a bit of culture with Herman Pollock, Tropic, local Garfield County expert guide before continuing their trek across the mountainous regions of the county and state. From the Bryce Canyon area they traveled eastward through the county stopping near Escalante and Posey Lake. As they traveled along they invited local people to hike with them for a distance and to spend an evening with them at their campfire. |
