. Colorado; Under the turquoise sky . lopment by irrigation. The sugar beet is the principalproduct, but many other crops are cultivated, and flourishing orchardsare to be seen in all directions. The village of Longmont is passed, andLoveland is reached a little more than two hours after the start. And afew miles west of the latter point the passengers of the open cars get theirfirst close-up of the mountain scenery in Big Thompson Canyon. Inmany respects Big Thompson is the most wonderful of all the the tortuous ascent of its roadway, its great side walls seem at times tobe joined
. Colorado; Under the turquoise sky . lopment by irrigation. The sugar beet is the principalproduct, but many other crops are cultivated, and flourishing orchardsare to be seen in all directions. The village of Longmont is passed, andLoveland is reached a little more than two hours after the start. And afew miles west of the latter point the passengers of the open cars get theirfirst close-up of the mountain scenery in Big Thompson Canyon. Inmany respects Big Thompson is the most wonderful of all the the tortuous ascent of its roadway, its great side walls seem at times tobe joined together by end walls, in box-like fashion, and leave the impres-sion that the beholder has been hemmed in on four sides. Gentle curves,sharp angles, one after another—are passed in seemingly endless succes-sion. All is immensity—Nature in the rough. High above, the ever-greens, rooted in the scanty soil of the ledges; below, along the waterway,quaking aspens whispering in answer to the hum of the motor. From end 1 III ^ ^>^ y. Over the top of the Continental Divide; then an evening of good fellowship at Grand Lake p«;^^-*§C;-_ ~j*V tM^^ .,-»--, !!£©s!!EZZ^CilSMl^ .^><;<W r^ ^^ y
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