Three Wonderlands of the American West: Being the Notes of a Traveler, Concerning the Yellowstone Park, the Yosemite National Park, and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, with a Chapter on Other Wonders of the Great American West (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Three Wonderlands of the American West: Being the Notes of a Traveler, Concerning the Yellowstone Park, the Yosemite National Park, and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, With a Chapter on Other Wonders of the Great American West It may be on account of this very scepticism that thousands never see the most inspiring marvels of our own country. We question the fidelity of artist and word-painter, and spend our vacations in Europe or in some conventional resort hotel, while the great world of beauty and ...
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Excerpt from Three Wonderlands of the American West: Being the Notes of a Traveler, Concerning the Yellowstone Park, the Yosemite National Park, and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, With a Chapter on Other Wonders of the Great American West It may be on account of this very scepticism that thousands never see the most inspiring marvels of our own country. We question the fidelity of artist and word-painter, and spend our vacations in Europe or in some conventional resort hotel, while the great world of beauty and soul-stirring wonders of the American West remain undiscovered and unexplored so far as we are concerned. Or perhaps some are rather appalled at the vast distances they must cover by rail, and the discomforts - which prove more fanciful than real, after all - that they dread to undergo. Whatever the reason, there are but few thousands yearly who visit the Yellowstone, the Yosemite and the Grand Canyon, out of the millions who might find recreation and enjoy ment in these virgin retreats of nature. However, it is refreshing to observe that the hegira to the wilderness is on the increase. The man or woman who takes a vacation trip, as a rest and relaxation, is learning that these boons are hardly to be found in crowded cities and fashion-hampered hotels. For real rest fulness one must get near to nature, out under the unsullied skies, among the mountains, with their painted crags, towering pines and leapingstreams; it matters not how many fellow-pil grims may be bound to the same destination, there is always the sense of solitude in these virgin wildernesses, and always nooks where one may be as much alone as he wishes. And this is pre - eminently true of the wonderlands which I shall endeavor to describe, in whose bounds may be found perhaps a greater variety of strange natural phenomena and striking and beautiful scenery than in similar limits anywhere else in the entire world. So great are their dimensions that one is never crowded, even in the height of the season. The hotels and camps may be full, but the greatest number of visitors at any one time is but the merest handful in the pine-clad and rock - bound solitudes. Once away from the immediate vicinity of tent or inn, one may commune with nature quite alone and undisturbed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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