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Show Spotlighting utai-i I flic highway, tin; .'uiimal:; arc j Icarlc:;;; and ;;Urf; at, a. car in ' wonder. l''or tin: amateur jihoto-erapher, jihoto-erapher, tin.' arl,i:.t, tin: lover of i nature, Uils ,'u'ca Is an un:. polled l)ai a(ii;.c. On the broad and level 1 meadows olten found between majestic peaks, the traveler finds ereat forests of ejant quaking asps, some 'M Indies in diameter. From aspen p.roves, (jne enters majestic pine forests liit'.hliehted by blue spruce. Occasional mountain streams of cold water offer refreshment and numerous I large reservoirs and lakes well stocked with fish arc an attraction attrac-tion to the fisherman. Snow ISanks In August Even in August, when the city dweller is cursing the heat, it is not unusual to find an occasional' snow bank at the side of the road. To the vacationist who distinctly remembers the heat he just lefti in the valleys, a frolic in cool snow is a novelty. To those interested in-terested in wild flowers, the Columbine, the Colorado Orchid, the Indian Paint Brush, and a dozen other varieties offer a new thrill. - The Open Ko.ul llcelions Utah ns, re-discover your state! As of today, you own 11!), 7X8 automobiles; you have the gas, the cash and the time see Utah first! The open road beckons so thrill to the sights of your native na-tive stale see Utah before a million easterners crowd ahead of you! This plea comes from one who has just completed a tour of Utah scenic attractions and who during the next few columns will endeavor to "spotlight" the unique uni-que and breath-taking sights Utahns should sec. Back To The Primeval For those who seek to get away from the "beaten path"; for those who would reach a place rich in big timber and glorious with spectacular canyons; for those who love blue lakes and great meadows, lush with deep grass and resplendent with wild flowers flow-ers this writer suggests the "Skyline "Sky-line Drive". Little known to the general public, yet readily accessible ac-cessible to the motor vacationist, Sanpete, Carbon, Utah and Em-1 ery Counties offer a vacation area unexcelled in the entire state. Fifty miles in length, entirely virgin, this mountain paradise is the highest and supports the ! longest scenic automobile road in I the state. The road traverses ' the Manti National Forest area and follows the high ridges and speaks of the monstrous mountain mount-ain range which separates highways high-ways 89 and . 50. The average altitude of the Skyline Drive is' 10,000 feet. Unimproved, yet permitting car speeds of 35 to 50 miles per hour, this little known Drive is ivell marked and easily approachable from either highway high-way 89 OF'50; Entirely Virgin The chief charm of the area lies in the fact that it is entirely virgin. While numerous canyon roads lead to the Drive and offer splendid camp grounds with national na-tional forest improvements, the Skyline Drive as yet is untouched by signs of human habitation. No A Natural Playground Among those organizations interested in-terested in this natural playground play-ground is the Carbon County Associated As-sociated Industries at Price, who, through Secretary J. A. Theobald, Theo-bald, feels that this Drive is the coming playground of Utah. Its invigorating altitude, easy accessibility, ac-cessibility, its marvelous and distant dis-tant views of valleys and mountain mount-ain ranges paralleling this highway, high-way, make the Skyline Drive one of the "musts" for Utah vacationists vacation-ists and motorists. Drainage Planning Cooperation of state agencies for the reclaiming of land made partly or completely useless by water-logging has been effected" by a contract under which the Agricultural College supplies part time of an irrigation engineer together to-gether with stenographic help and office space, the Extension Department gives helpful experience exper-ience of the county agents and the Department of Publicity and Industrial Development the time of a trained engineer. Regional and individual drainage problems will be given attention and potentially po-tentially valuable land be reclaimed re-claimed for use. It is an ironical situation that here in the desert country where water is life, some of our good land is spoiled by too jmuch of it. piies oi tin cans, dead campfire embers, or regular debris so common com-mon to many well traveled vacation vaca-tion lanes are seen, and the traveler has an appreciable sense of being far, far away from his fellowmen, and into a virgin wilderness wil-derness just as God made is. ! How To Get There A glance at the map of Utah will reveal the Skyline Drive taking tak-ing off in a southerly direction from Tucker, a spot on highway 50 between Soldier Summit and Springville. The Drive can be easily left when the road intersects inter-sects the highway from Ferron to Gunnison and to those who take the trip, it is suggested that the road from the summit down to Castle Dale be traveled, especially in view of the beauty of the Cottonwood Cot-tonwood Creek canyon. Wild Paradise It would be unusual for any one to make this trip without seeing numerous deer and an occasional oc-casional elk. When seen along |