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Show j L0N0 TR1P OW MOTORCYCLES j Adventurous Men. Plan Journey or I '""""' 3,506 Miles. '!'.-.- ber Benton aad William Rode- on a Tr are ab0llt t0 rY ! cvr-lt hP 3'50 mUeS n a motor- Zl ,6 .6ntire trip to be ma1e a ride fhp mnthS" The men will ride their motorcycle to Kansas City i ?" 8 fm there to San Francisco by j train. Then the real trip will begin 5 ice machines they will ride weigh I'd pounds each, and are guaranteed to make a mile a minute under favor-I favor-I b'e circumstances. The machines are suolme motors of the latest pattern. Th. tourists are both men of light r.eiot; MF" Benton tippicS the sca'e8 at 120 pounds and Mr. Rodemacher at j 145. They will, of course, carry no more luggage than is absolutely neces- , - sary, a camera being the most essen- tial part ! From 'Frisco the proposed route i "will take them through the Yosemite 1 valley and among the big trees, on , down through the Mojave desert and over the pass into semi-tropic Califor nia. All the side trips which tourists usually make from Los Angeles will be gone over and then the road down the coast, through Escondldo and La Jolla, to San Diego, the Naples of f: America,, will be taken. T Tne tracks will have to be doubled s back almost to Los Angeles and then "-he trip will be through the citrus , belt, where the great orange and lem- on groves are located. When the j Sierra Madres are crossed and "Old Baldy," tie big peak, fades from sight, Ml IPolK1 j Cyclist and Equipment. I the really serious part of the trip will j be before them, for the great Colorado 1 , desert must be crossed. It was on 1 this desert that so many people per- i Ished in their attempt to reach the j '-'land of gold" in the early 50's. ! The Grand canyon of the Colorado will be visited, and then the sage-M sage-M brush country will be crossed and the Apache Indian villages ia eastern An- 1 zona will see the motor cycle for the 1 .first time. The great Pecos valley is the next . objective point and from that wonder- ful country ' the riders will tour to J San Antonio and other southern Texas V points. From here another double will - 4 lie made back across the Texas plains, through the Pe.os valley and over the j mountains to Albuquerque. . The mountain trail will be followed i to Las Vegas and points of interest not on the railroad in New Mexico. The Santa Fe will be followed through J Colorado and Kansas on the way to Kansas City. |