. Colorado; Under the turquoise sky . Looking down into the valley of the Grand River at Glenwood Springs 13 ^x<^ ws ]KlIl^!EZZI^l^Ci5!kSMM^ y W i k. The Seven Falls, at the head of South Cheyenne Canyon, near Colorado Springs 14 Zii3iCIEi±^M!MIIS$i^Cil^^,i^ Southwest of Colorado Springs, about ninety miles by rail, and onthe way to Glenwood Springs or the Around the Circle trip is thatfamous cleft of the Rockies, known as Royal Gorge where the track passesbetween sheer walls of granite that tower aloft 2,627 feet. The ArkansasRiver boils its way through this cleft and leaves but a narrow m

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. Colorado; Under the turquoise sky . Looking down into the valley of the Grand River at Glenwood Springs 13 ^x<^ ws ]KlIl^!EZZI^l^Ci5!kSMM^ y W i k. The Seven Falls, at the head of South Cheyenne Canyon, near Colorado Springs 14 Zii3iCIEi±^M!MIIS$i^Cil^^,i^ Southwest of Colorado Springs, about ninety miles by rail, and onthe way to Glenwood Springs or the Around the Circle trip is thatfamous cleft of the Rockies, known as Royal Gorge where the track passesbetween sheer walls of granite that tower aloft 2,627 feet. The ArkansasRiver boils its way through this cleft and leaves but a narrow margin forthe train, from which the passenger may view at close range the mammothspectacle in its entirety—thread-like skyline, massive walls, and the tur-bulent foam of the waters at their base. Glenwood Springs is considered by many people the most attractiveresort in the Rockies. Here the Canyon of the Grand River widens intoa small valley with towering mountains of red and green on all sides. TheColorado is the principal hotel. Bathing, fishing, big-game hunting,tennis, polo, and excursions into the adjacent uplands combine to makeGlenwood

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