Show CEDAR BREAKS ir 4 I 1 v 4 ju 0 az 7 ws wn h 19 aal YN THE MOUNTAINS OF PAROWAN written by joseph E richards for the new west magazine and reproduced with the consent of the author mountain country of infinite charm lies at our very doors from little creek peak to monument point on which powell built his cairn caim of rock overlooking three thre states estates andanto and on to the mammoth with its paradise of parks and tolling rolling woodland with its dazzling cedar breaks in all this vast display of a grandeur there is no monotony of color or topography years may be spent and the scenic possibilities open anew every ramble adds new delight every hour of the day has its own charm every month of the year is clothed in a new radiance climb yankee bench and thrill with that symphony of grandeur that bursts suddenly upon the view mountains carved into canyons of enchanting mystery an epic hewn from the everlasting hills a tracery in stone as bewitching as a rheims cathedral a very temple of awful splendor the azure of distant ranges robes the vivid vermillion of the second left hand with its thousand 1 pinnacles and fretted frieze majestic mount baldy caressed eternally with snow half seen through a curtain of pines lifts its granite height to the very clouds back of all this looms a vast escarpment of andesite locally known as the ledge thrown around this rugged eden A breeze I 1 murmurs gentley and then rustles the groves of aspen soon a storm breaks the thunder rolls from crag to crag and reverberates reverberated rever berates along those mighty walls that have withstood the blasts of ages wind driven masses of clouds are swept across the faces of those frowning giants gl ants century old pines are lashed with the very fury of the elements walk the next morning through the woods that skirt the blowup blow up it may be the scent of wild roses or the delicate appeal of the columbine it may be the cry of young yellow hammers waiting to be fed or the flurry of the ruffed grouse that in needless fear sails from your very feet to the high highest lest branch of that I quaking asp it may may be a gleaming mule deer bounding up the hillside with her fawns but whatever it is the effect of such an excursion is is i exhilarating abing and restful drive your car to the verp shores shOTe of hoosier lake or to the yankee meadow and a dozen such hikes each to a new retreat will fill a vacation come and make your own own discoveries of dreams of beauty the name whereof no man the projected automobile highway over the js ph houlder N navajo to the cedar breaks and the mammoth will open up parowan carowan canyon as a playground for the nation but a few miles away panguitch lake with its wonderful blue spring and its trout of the rarest flavor offers a haven for the fisherman the mammoth stream itself has miles of excellent pools p and eddies where the lazy fly tempts the leaping beauties here there is room for all nature has been lavish with her gifts and those who love her will find a welcome |