Raymond S. Spears

“ THOUSANDS, literally millions, of people are making automobile tours of varied distances. The instinctive urge to migrate has found its ready answer in flivver or twelve-cylinder limousine. Any highway leads to all the roadways in the country. One can roll out of his own yard, along his own alley, and strike the transcontinental, or ocean to ocean trail—and the land of the Nation lies before him. ”

“ Never was adventure so completely at the command of average humanity. The home-bodies, who twenty years ago regarded a fifty, even a twenty-mile journey with dread, now roll away forty miles after supper to visit some sister, brother or friend. Actually, it is easier to drive an automobile five hundred miles than it used to be to drive a horse seventy-five miles. ”

“ Fine roads lead one to the forested mountains, but the ridges and the valleys are forever the answer of the human longing to climb, and no matter how well the main trails are built, side roads are sure to lead into difficulty and make demand on the tourist’s ingenuity and resourcefulness. ”