Sunset . o theice of a glacier, all in an hour or two—that is the experience of the travelerwho stops at Juneau, Alaska, for thte.!side trip to Mendenhall Glacier. * I There are cars waiting, when youdock at Juneau, to take you along th^winding road beyond the town. Andthey take you to a different world, a:remote from the ship-board life of thipast few days as from the cities yoihave left behind. Here are the wornand tumbled rocks of the glacial mo-raine. Below you, slowly uncovered asthe ice recedes, are the remains of apreglacial forest. You may climb ontothe ice itself. The surface where yo
Sunset . o theice of a glacier, all in an hour or two—that is the experience of the travelerwho stops at Juneau, Alaska, for thte.!side trip to Mendenhall Glacier. * I There are cars waiting, when youdock at Juneau, to take you along th^winding road beyond the town. Andthey take you to a different world, a:remote from the ship-board life of thipast few days as from the cities yoihave left behind. Here are the wornand tumbled rocks of the glacial mo-raine. Below you, slowly uncovered asthe ice recedes, are the remains of apreglacial forest. You may climb ontothe ice itself. The surface where youstand is roughened and gray with em-bedded gravel, but there where a crackhas opened you catch a glimpse of i\\€^mglaciers heart — pure, unforgettableblue—from which issues a tremendousrush of milky water. The wind is cold over the ice fieldno matter how hot the day. You loolat the blue masses of ice glittering ii_the Alaska sunshine, and the yawning t[a is SUNSET Qfii tciJ^ a jr % FAMILY i?c^.... ? ERE is Californias most varied vacation1 for all the family—in a playland of giantills, waterfalls and shining Sierra snowpeaks. Swim, fish, hike, golf, ride trail up overie rim, get in on a High Sierra pack-trip,in the beach barbecues—do just what youkC best in Yosemite this summer and wellep the children busy all day! Trained:endants are here to give them swimmingd riding instructions, and arrange noveltertainment programs while youre plays his own way! Any goodivel agent has scenic folders giving everytail — variety of accommodations, rates,lys to come, etc.—or write your nearestDsemite office: 39 Geary Street, San Fran-sco; 608 So. Olive Street, Los Angeles; orosemite National Park, California. Heavy Sierra snowsmake 1935 a giantWATERFALL year! YOSE AND MARIPOSA BIG TREES 54
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