What to see in America . Odessa Lake Mt. Otis and cold mineral the popularsummer resort ofGeorgetown the rail-road passes throughthe Devils Gate andclimbs upward bythe famous loop thatbends back on itselfand crosses the trackpreviously traversedby a lofty distance fromthe valley to SilverPlume on the uplandis only a mile in adirect line, but bythe sinuous railroadis over four upward journeycontinues by a zig- Colorado 407. Bear Lake the range the back view commands aand you can see sixtracks one above theother forming thegreat Ladder toCloudland thatyou have
What to see in America . Odessa Lake Mt. Otis and cold mineral the popularsummer resort ofGeorgetown the rail-road passes throughthe Devils Gate andclimbs upward bythe famous loop thatbends back on itselfand crosses the trackpreviously traversedby a lofty distance fromthe valley to SilverPlume on the uplandis only a mile in adirect line, but bythe sinuous railroadis over four upward journeycontinues by a zig- Colorado 407. Bear Lake the range the back view commands aand you can see sixtracks one above theother forming thegreat Ladder toCloudland thatyou have just as-cended. A littlefarther on is an-other big gulch, andyou look down analmost perpendicu-lar slope to a lake2000 feet below. AtWaldorf is the high-est post office in theworld, 11,666 feetabove the you reachtimber line you find that the side of Mt. A Glimpse zag course thatis negotiated byswitching. Thetrack clings to acliff of ruggedrocks, and youlook down onmills and vil-lages, and overto mountainshoneycombedwith you crossdescent of 3000 feet.
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