Show RICHFIELD PEOPLE VISIT GRID GRANO mm CANYON have fine outing trip easily made from this city and with perfect safety A trip to the grand canyon of the colorado is not such a wonderful thing after all in the matter of distance from this city and the time consumed in making the journey mr air and mrs alfred J bird returned to this city on monday from a journey such as they never before experienced perien ced they left here on wednesday of last week to join a party of sightseers sight seers who had been outfit ting for a trip to the cany canyon orf embracing a number of piute diute county people on pleasure bent and with a desire to view one of the most wonderful regions on earth the birds found that all preparations had been made to receive them and on thursday the party occupying three automobiles started on the trip the route chosen was by way of kanab one of the southernmost towns in iii utah on the border line dividing utah and arizona they found roads every everywhere wherein in excellent condition meeting with no misad ventures more serious than two or three punctures in tires the party garty made camp each evening on the trip living the simple life enjoying the scenery through the kaibab forest and making many notes of interesting nature study the journey through the forest was interests interesting inte resti ng the many small lakes in the region making it a beauty spot of more than passing notice wild deer were seen and flowers and every manner of plant life grew by the roadside making a scene of rare beauty the journey from the utah line was over an excellent highway and was quickly made the objective point to be reached was bright angel trail on the north rim of the canyon this was safely reached and from this spot the view across tiie the canyon was superb ma mr bird ol 01 scribes describes the entire trip as s 0 one ne of the most novel he ever made mad e and mrs bird was charmed and delighted with every phase of the journey the return to richfield was made by an entirely different route garfield and kane counties were omitted from the itinerary and the party of excursionists penetrated utah by way of YV washington ashington county the noted dixie region pipe springs hurricane and La Verkin were the settlements visited and here they feasted on luscious peaches and pears cantaloupes and watermelons water melons at Parag oonah the tourists diverted eastward and reached junction over good roads and making rapid time this was a remarkably quick trip to the canyon and it was easily made and the travelers had fine glimpses of the world famous gorge and in addition saw much country that was new and strange to them A visit to the grand canyon from richfield according to mr bird can be made almost as quickly as a crip to fish lake and return the distance between richfield and the grand canyon is miles |