. Tour of the continent : Colorado, California & Yellowstone National Park : special train, personally conducted via New York Central & Hudson River and connecting lines . the roads, with theirlovely vistas, graceful curves, strong bridges and unusuall\good road-bed. After a ride of several miles through the south, theroad turns abruptly to the east; first the Mammoth HoiSprings Hotel is seen, and, an instant after, there breaksupon the eye a strange and most fascinating sight. It is thegorgeously arrayed cliffs of the Mammoth Hot time will be allowed to inspect all the natu
. Tour of the continent : Colorado, California & Yellowstone National Park : special train, personally conducted via New York Central & Hudson River and connecting lines . the roads, with theirlovely vistas, graceful curves, strong bridges and unusuall\good road-bed. After a ride of several miles through the south, theroad turns abruptly to the east; first the Mammoth HoiSprings Hotel is seen, and, an instant after, there breaksupon the eye a strange and most fascinating sight. It is thegorgeously arrayed cliffs of the Mammoth Hot time will be allowed to inspect all the natural won-ders. From Mammoth Hot Springs toLower Geyser Basin. From the time of leaving the hotel we are climbing until Swan Lake Valley is reached, looo feet above the hotelplateau. The road through Golden Gate is a winding curi-osity. At the western end of the canon Swan Valley andLake spread out before us. Beaver Lake and Obsidian Clift,especially the latter, are among the interesting points inthis part of the Park. As Norris Geyser basin is neared, the Hot Springs andgeyser-like character of the country is manifest. Ascending the little wooded divide, the Gibbon Mead-. ows or Elk Park bursts upon the vision, followed by tlurugged Gibbon Canon. From Gibbon Canon the road ascends and_winds througla park region. After the days ride, it is a pleasure to find rest at llilarge, roomy Fountain House, located at Lower GeysciBasin, where our party will remain Sunday. In the evening the sight from the hotel, over the widtexpanse of plain and mountain is one of peace, content, serenity, unless, perchance, a geyser breaks the quiet nionoiony. From Lower Geyser Basin toUpper Geyser Basin. It is ten miles between the two geyser basins. Thedrive is an intensely interesting one, winding through theenchanting valley of the Fire Hole River, through grassymead and piney arcades. The greatest geyser in the world,and the most entrancing spot of this wonderland to many,is soon reached. If there ev
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