Excerpt from Camping in the Rockies, Vol. 1: A Guide to the Most Desirable Camping Places in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico, to Which Have Been Added Vacation Estimates Giving the Cost of a Variety of Outings in the Rocky Mountain Region
The Rocky Mountain region included within favored Colorado, Utah and New Mexico is by every phase the one camping place for the world. Climate, scenery and conveniences make tent-life here perfection. Moreover, to the sportsman is proffered game in abundance; to the natural scientist, animal and plant life of all zones from the temperate to the frigid, and rock formations as varied; to the archaeologist, cliff-dwelling and pueblo ruins centuries old; to the artist, marvelous vistas of valley, range and plain, most beautiful effects of sunshine, cloud and shadow, entrancing sunsets and sunrises; to the weary and ill, peace and health; to the well of mind and body, added vigor and feats for testing their endurance.
Gloriously sunny days, restful cool nights, no dampness, an atmosphere sparkling, crisp, and so transparent as to be a treat to the eyes, with every breath a subtle healing draught of pungent pine and cedar and fragrant sage - this combination alone makes camping in the Rockies a constant surprise to the initiate and a never-palling delight to the veteran.
Such camping should appeal strongly to the head of a family. It is safe and practicable to take wife and children and to spend weeks or months, the tent for a habitation.
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