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Successful Camping Tours Depend on Preparations Time and Place Decided Upon Call for Varying Arrangements—Quver- loading Big Fault. BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. Where are you going to motor camp, and when? On these two questions hinges the success of your camping vacation, if the experience of seasoned campers means anything. The time, place and the motor camp are as one, and once this has been digested as a basic prin- ciple of modern motor-camping, the | vroposed trip takes on an air of sta bility. Very few of the thousands of motor- ists who load up the car sch Summer and head for the open road appreciate that.there are as many different kinds | of camps as there are makes of cars, and that this difference is largely the result of varying locations and var ing times when the camps are visited. | Too often the motorist simply consid: ers “going camping” as a fixed affair in_which every one meets with identi- cally the same sort of experences, | whereas “going camping” is likely to| be just as varied as “going motoring." Many Important Factors. Just as one motor ride will differ decldedly from another, so may your | camping trip differ from the trip which | your next door neighbor is planing. | ©On one motor trip a certain carburetor | adjustment may be perfect, and you | #hay get along famously without both- | erin, Joins need greasing, but on another trip evervthing may go all wrong. The | season of the vear is a factor to be| nsidered as well as the country trav ersed. Certain trips, particularly those including well equipped public camps, | require less baggage than others. On | the other hand, thousands of tourists | accustomed to the xuries of | public camps, slight the fact that new | routes may necessitate a more primi- | tive type of camping and consequently | more complete equipment | In campdom there is a decided dif- ference between the West and the | ast, which fact is of importance in | matter of preparations. The ! West is the original motor-camping | country, and it is natural to expect | that in visiting the national parks or forests west of the Mi ippi the | very latest in public camps will be available. Public camp sites are plentiful in the East, but their de- velopment has been slow. The typ- a rn motorist has so much | that he is appreciative of any opportunity to get off by himself. In the West the motor tourist, after | driving miles and miles through un- populated sections, looks forward to | the pleasure of hobnobbing with his fellow “knights of the open night Equipment Needs Differ. It is almost axiomatic that the farther the Eastern m rist plans to go on his camping trip the less par- aphernalia he needs to carry with | him in the way of camping equip- ment and the more he should take of | spare parts, tires and equipment for the car. In the West he will find the most elaborate of camp sites, with cooking facilities, tent floo the essentials in camp furniture, as benches and tables, firewood, wa- | ter and all manner of general sup- | plies. But there may be long, hard | roads to negotiate between stopovers, and here he will not be comfortable | unless he knows he is prepared for any car troubles that may develop. Almost anywhere in the East, how- sho! It makes a difference when the perfect motor day is draw- | ing to a close, he will yearn to turn in at some secluded spot where there | fs no general store, no convenient | water supply, no kitchenette and no amusements. Then and there he | will wish that he had brought along an up-to-date cook stove instead of 50 many spare inner tubes and cans of lubricating ofl The time set aside for the camping | trip is closely related to the actual | route to be followed. Any motorist knows that if he is planning to camp | in the Adirondacks he should take| along more clothing and covers than | he would need in Virginia, but there | seems to be a tendency to n\‘!r!DOk‘ the variations in the months and the | added influence of the altitudes. Camp- | tng in July is different from camping | in August, and the difference is likely | to be more pronounced as one se- | lects more mountainous country for | the trip.. In July there is the extreme heat, wheréas in August there are the | cool nights which to the uninitiated are often a source of regret. September is likely to be warmer at night than August, assuming that one escapes a rainy week. October camping is of a more constant type is In practically every major motor car race during last year, both hereandabroad,Cham- pions of standard con- struction, were in the winning cars. Champion X for Fords 60 cents. Blue Box for all other cars, 75 cents. The genuine have double- ribbed sillimanite cores. Champion Spark Plug Co. Pl'rouo.cmou' i | ticularly | Eastern motorist | really get back to nature mates the crude | the sun sinks | One can count on good weather, but| adequate clothing is essential. A survey of the public campsites in the East shows that the great major- ity of the large ones, like the Govern- ment-maintained camp in Washington, or Euclid Beach Park at Cleveland Ohio, are virtually & sea level and tourist camp at Crawford Notch the White Mountains. motorist figures on Adirondack or White Mountain night he stops at a public camp in the Summer, he is likely to be car- rying too much clothing with him and supplying himself with foodstuffs that contain too many calories. Here again time place are im. portant in preparing for the trip. If one plans to tour in such a way as to spend the days in secluded sections while at the wheel and the nights at the public camps near big cities or towns, he will not have to carry much equipment with him. He can count on 1f the Eastern | temperature every | | | within the heat belt of the big cities. | | A striking exception to the rule is the | in | | | 1 places turning warm during the day. | even though the weather may be damp and cold at night. traveling at night, the camping equip- ment necessarily should vary accord- ing to the situation likely countered at the camp. While it is true that the difference camping is as pronounced as the dif- ference between their respective mile ages of hard surfaced highways, nev. general rule. Before starting on the camping trip, therefore, it is well to bear in mind that Michigan, although an Eastern State, has more than a hundred camps; last year New York State had some 40 or more public camps, and this year the number prob. ably will be greater as the season gains headway. Tourists who make the Empire State their camping ground will find many of the camps better equipped than in former years. Back to Nature. There is much praise for the ex cellent camps found in the West, par- those on the National parks, but the Eastern motor- ist need not feel that his camping via automobile will in any deprived of the elements of genuine outdoor life. As a matter of fact the who camps in the East may But if he plans on |lay as possible [ g to see whether the universal|petween Eastern and Western motor. (fades and ask them about the roads | ertheless there are exceptions to the | | | THE & ngj';///vg point Star Building. *[ . WASHINGTON e 4, “Z g He doesn't want to unload a lot of his own personal para- phernalia if by any chance there is | fo be en-|plenty of it gratis. And, more than all | this, "he is lonesome for companion- ! ship. He wants to chat with his com Naturally the big, elaborate camp appeals strongly. Overloading Common. N If that's the sort of motor camping | vyou are planning it is best to visit | | public some of the nearby public camps to Iearn what equipment is surplus bag- | gage. There you will find the early | Y } Meadows h'garlbo o - apfirboro Robt-Crain Highway starfs here. 4,.; DisT. oF CoL SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., JULY 12, 1925—PART 3. ) @ 3 & @‘06@3 ¢ 280 Turn sharp right here P ™ P} Mt. ZioN Goeo iV I/LED Hills Brigge 32, Speed /imit 22miles per hr MARYLAND Speed /imit open country 35miles per hour: Signs indicate rates in more congested disfric’s \WASHINGTON MOTORISTS, DENIED BEACHES HERE, SEEK RESORTS | Improved Roads, Bathing and Fishing Facilities | Attract Thousands to Chesapeake Bay. New Hotel Started. Thousands of Washington motor-|and more popular with Washington | tourists and many novice motor camp- | ists are seeking the cooling breezes ' motorists. | way be |goes motor ‘camping for the first time ers. You will see them of medicine that can be obtained with in a fiveminute ride from the camp. You will see them with twice as much stuff as they really need, overstocked with canned goods when they could easily take advantage of the that could be bought about every | miles along any road. The man whn! is not likely to appreciate that there are various grades of camping. all the way from something which approxi Summer boarding more than he would in touring the |house to the kind that is so primitive West There is not only to camp alone in the more incentive the reasons aiready cited. Thus, when in long day of travel is over, no washstands to remind one of hom no supper cooked on a gas stove—just nature and the sort of camping every red-blooded motorist longs for After one has put in a hard day at the wheel on a Western trip or on a transcontinental tour it is natural to ping for the night. tired to look with favor upon the job of building 4 campfire. He prefers to have a good dinner with as little de- - Up from the landing field sweeps off into space with the easy grace of a bird . . . . giant the air-man ... ast but more |tremes the average beginner in motor | actual necessity for exclusiveness for |camping will find the logical answer the West and the jand there are |sense of the word | no electric lights to enliven the camp, | know beforehand just e Thrill power and flashin, answering the word to go. You can see him now . . . a friend- ly wave of the hand as he streaks off toward the clouds, fast as light ning. And how you envy place in the cockpit! But eed envy him no longer. o the i vtyi\rfll that es sky-riding such wonderful sport has now been brought to motordom by the Gardner Eight-in-line. The thrill of air-coasting! Tremen- dous power flashing back its ready B C R MOTORS CO. For the tingling i 2= 2201 M St. N.W. PERRY BOSWELL, Mt. Rainier, Md. J. D. THOMPSON, Herndon, Va. 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Unfortu- nately, there is a tendency to abandon manners and common decency when speed eagerly Away from a a finger . .. himh:; of your toe. on air. If there is an mof after you take DEALER-DISTRIBUTOR DEALERS All Prices F. O. B. St. Louis with stocks |of nearby.water resorts. | bathing facilities restric District of Columbia, devotees of the |recently was paved with asphalt surf are beaches. fresh | Washington vegetables obtainable along the road. | the routes to the 'and burdened with things for the car temporarily of daily camping you are going to do, the suc. ceeding |any |growing fad. {vour camping trip in your mind’s eye {and |through error and misjudgment | make preparations for the sort of mo- | tor avoiding |imagining get that the open country is not free, [from the same pattern. those who are finding the way back to nature via gasoline. of the Sky-Rider! Look to the Gardner Eight-in-line for it answer when you feed that sound. less Eight-in-line motor a little gaso- line and step on the starter. the law allows in the flash of an eye . . . steering with the touch of Gl and quietly over the road that you thin?: you are actually coasting a full-grown man fine motor car, you’ll know it within fifteen minutes Phone West 2006 With public | ted in The route traver placing the former The old gravel The nearest salt water bathing mj{\r‘?l"‘(:‘h"g: Lok e is at Herring Bay on : 4 = . way to a good., smc Chesapeake, 35.1 miles by The | I8 rmiorists of the s special tours route. As a re- | Nt TIOTORAIE Of the It of considerable improvement on retreating to more distant to that whi | Hills Bridge, the ro abandoning the luxuries | Dituminous macadam life. Having decided upon gravel. Herring Bay is ver: | fishing resort the sort of steps are relatively simple, though you may never have had experience with this great and | For, if you have taken | en be hired for trips out peake Bay have seen the possible pitfalls | North —Beach there you should fail to |offer excellent | There are many cottages along | points. this part of the bay no reason why new camping the the that vou are going to do, common mistake of camping is all cut Your camping can be different from It can even be better, even You are just joining the ranks of IL (Copyright. 1825.) standing start to all ing with the tip ing so_sm ly ing that will make in love with a this brandmnew ence is it. And the wheel. Showing Rumble Seat Rear Deck Foursome G iy the | vania Avenue Bridge southeast, which surface on p of Pennsylvania avenue jupon entering Maryland and most of the remainder is oiled free from dust and bad ruts. | Bathing facilities are |limited, and there is no sandy beac | From this point, however, boats m: | and | Beach—41 miles from Washington— salt-water The increasing popularity of | 72 So0lomons /s/and {men to start the const large, modern hotel at |1t is expected this hotel | pleted by next vear. State gravel highway co {Solomon’s Island, 71 | Washington, where may be taken by ; Millstone Landing {may be made via Mechanicsville, Hughesy dorf ve pennest-| PLAN STAND re- plank fooring. | the road | pechnical Words Will given| Defined in English, and Portugue line has both pav District cal highway de tment for maintaining a roadway | the roads leading to the Chesapeake, | [or e i & roadws the resorts there are becoming more h greets him |terms in the English, As far as is of fine concrete the accomplishments ute | American i Congre: of posed to % ped | terms which may be us y popular as a| g,y engineers. The w in_all Preliminary work has into the Chesa | congress. A tentative ,Chesapeake | delegation. The congrs called on to define word connote different stance, highway bathing and attractive bay at these with Washing- ' word “maintenanc LYS-OVERLA the ferry The return Standardization of many | Buenos Aires next October. compile a glossary X i J / (i i led a number of | Washington and Maryland business ruction of a North Beach. | will be com- For reotorists who want to journey farther into southern Maryland, the ntinues on to miles automobile across to trip Leonardtown, ille and Wal- ARDIZATION | OF TERMS IN LANGUAGES | Be Exactly Spanish se. technical Spanish and the Pan- Highways at 1t is pro- of all eful ‘to high ords will” be | precisely defined and their equivalent | three languages determined. been begun | by the United States delegation to the glossary will be presented by the North American ess will be s which now | meanings. engineers agree on the exact meaning of the For do in not N D fromn | days in case of an emergency Portuguese languages will be one of{of the articles of | | meats and fish, | sible. Forethougkt Insures Comfort While on Motor Camping Trip Necessities of Larder, Sleeping, Utensils, Shelter and Freedom From Insects Among Points Every motorist camper has passed = through his experimental trips when, | after starting out on the ):asr)hnnl trail, he discovered that he had for- | gotten to take alpng almost every- | thing except himself and the car. A little forethought concerning the m.‘ cessities on which his comfort and the success of the trip depend should pre- | vent an unfortunate beginning and | forestall the failure of an otherw pleasant experience—camping in “great outdoors.” Articles which are of the utmost importance to the success of a gaso- line tramp through the open spaces | are, first of all, those which concern | eating and sleeping. If the old ada that an army moves on its stomach is true of camping on a military scale, | it i8 no less true of the individual camper who sets out pleasure bent sufficient quantity of good, wholesome food and the needed utensils for preparation should be placed top of the camper’s list. Small Food Supply. The food supply of a camping party necessarily will vary according to the tastes of the members of the party, as4 but well as according to the amount of money to be expended. It is not nec- essary to carry a great quantity of groceries and canned goods, = the camper from time to time will pass places where he may purchase add: tional provisions. It is well, however to take along rations for two or three ot course, if the plan is to establish a permanent camp, considerable plar ning must be done to measure the quantity of food to be taken along. Items of food which may be select ed for the camper’'s larder include salt pork, bacon, smoked ham, canned concentrated butter or lard, evaporated milk. pan cake flour, cereals, fresh bread, vege tables and fruit, canned baked beans coffee, tea or unsweetened chocolate sugar, preserves or jellies, lemons salt, pepper, desicated eggs, pean butter, crackers and many other foodstuffs which might more nearly tempt the appetite of the camper It should be remembered that deh drated vegetables create a consider- able saving in the weizht to be soups taken along They will represent an article of food seven or eight times greater than their original bulk Compact Stove Needed. After the food for the camp is de cided upon, utensils for its prepara- tion and serving should be given thought. Many campers prefer -a simple camp grid and depend on what fuel they may find along the trail A Dbetter substitute for the hit-or. miss cooking equipment is a gasoline or kerosene stove, as compact as pos. A small camp stove can be placed under shelter on rainy and with an ample supply of fuel FIN | that and bulk | davs |l to Be Studied. will place the camper beyond the necessity of building a fire, perhaps, with chance twigs that may have to be dried out befors using. Of course, the camper will be able to pitch his camp quite often at the many tourist camps. some of which are surprisingly well equipped with | running water, cook stoves, tent floors and even bathing facilities. It is ell, however, to make one's plans independent of these attempts to Ty some of the comforts of home {into "the open It is well for the prospective camp. er to begin to lay his plans far in advance of his trip. To make certain nothing essential will be over looked, it is advisable for the motor for several weeks before. , to_carry a notebook with him . as he thinks of articles he will want, take, to jot them down so that he will have a really complete Frying Pan Necessary While deciding on the kind of stove he will take, the camper shbuld think too, of that apparentl unimportant really allimportant item of hie culinary ~equipment—a frving pa Its tvpe will be determined largely |bv the kind of fire to be used. A short-handled pan will be suitable for an ofl stove. but if the eamper intends to use a wood fire a handled pan will be found not helpful, but necessary The nested cooking be procured easily n outing equipment found most satisfactory cook ing equipment should include pof frying pan, coffee pot, plates, cups. knives, forks and spoons Then there is a table; assuming, of course, that the camper is going to satisty his prodigious appetite, height- ened by life in the open, from a-. table. It should be a good assump- tion, for the camper will find that eating on the ground is no more pleasurable than eleeping on the ground. A tablecloth spread on the greensward may have its noetic basis for a pastoral setting. but insects are {not ~ exactly pleasant table co panions. A compact camping table, made pri- marily for the camper, may be had There are various kinds, of which a serviceable one is a table made of two leaves of durable wood hinged together and collapsible to fit be- neath an automobile seat cushion Folding chairs are not among the necessary things to be carried, but they will be nd an added com- {fort, if room can be spared them in |the car. With the cooking and eating uten-* sils and the table decided upon, the {camp bed is the next all-important item. 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