Show CEDAR BREAKS I J 1 I J J V v or i I t f i Jill t a. a b I I II I 4 oJ I I 11 I. I tt I t J l J u I J t l I t i i I. I W f I i I r. r F. F d r J I A i i f- f Ii j. j I j I t j Ii s T I. I J I I APPRECIATION nON OF CEDAR BREAKS BY BY ONE ONE i I LONG FAMILIAR WITH WONDER E I CANYON To the people who have loved and appreciated the beauty of the Cedar Breaks before they became famous as a scenic wonder place this article I written by one who knew and loved the them in the same way will win be interesting inter esting As a child I played summer after summer on the brink of the Cedar I Breaks Always that was our favorite favor ite Ito walk We loved to take our lunch and hike across the big green meadow mead ow and look down into the wonder canyon What an inspiration it has given me met What a magnet it ft has been to draw me back year after year from far distances that I might feed my soul once more on its splendor I II I shall go again when I leave Logan to spend hours yes days upon its edge trying to absorb enough to last for another year That is how one must see the Cedar Breaks Last year year when I was there tourists came and were guided hurriedly hurriedly hur hur- to one or two points while their automobiles waited and they spoke in voluble praise of the wonderful wonderful won won- vision before they drove away But they did not really see Cedar Breaks One must take time for this After the first glorious surprise has burst upon him and he has feasted his eyes upon the gorgeous color he will do dowell dowell dowell well to turn back to the green woods and meadows pluck of the beautiful columbines or other wild flowers I walk to another of the innumerable points jutting out far into the canyon can yon and thus regain his normal sense of values he will by contrast enjoy all the more the riot of If color below As be re e proceeds in this way shutting shut shut- I ting tins off the brilliant hues now and again going on to the next and the next point each new vista will seem more be beautiful than the last While the appreciative visitor is ts thus being trained to enjoy the exquisite ex ex- exquisite color schemes of the Breaks he will at the same time study the beauties of form noting with interest the myriads of fantastic shapes in inthe inthe inthe the stone stone pinnacles pinnacles towers statutes cathedrals all the mighty structures of the Titans and the Gods Each person will have a favorite point and each one may be an explorer er and break a trail through the piney undergrowth and discover new won ders I do not know how many have circled this stupendous canyon I only know that in many months of many years I have succeeded in exploring a a. a small section Perhaps I have loved too well to rest dreamily on some branching pine boughs and watch the tho tints through shut half eyes dreaming dreaming dream dream- ing of Paradise or to follow the graceful sailing of a huge hawk over the abyss This at noonday noon when the sun lIun shines down into the remotest nooks and the wind is still But Bu I love to see the Breaks at sunrise when the thera ra rays s strike fire from the cliffs or at su sunset set when the western rays bathe the gorges in color and the purple shadows reach out to convert the depths into a haunting mystery o 0 o I cannot tell you of the wonders awaiting you if IC you will explore those depths below and those heights above ail all I can say is Go and see for yourself yourself see see Cedar Breaks and live |