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Show Arizona Biltmore; the log cabin on Grand Mesa; the old mining towns such as Ouray, Silverton, Aspen, and Tombstone; the abandoned mine dumps where you may find some silver; the long purple shadows on the desert pavement; brilliant sunny days and starlit nights; the great open spaces and views without end; silence so complete the hum of a bee sounds like a distant airplane; Meteor Crater, that forceful reminder of the cosmic spaces, and Sunset Crater, equally forceful evidence of the earth's inner heat; Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde; Beta- takin; pieces of broken pottery made centuries ago to hold corn; dinosaur tracks in red sandstone; petrified tree trunks; sea shells on a mountaintop; a startled deer leaping across a fragrant sagebrush flat- these and many more are the recreational resources of the Colorado River Basin. Nowhere else in the United States do the curious and fascinating land forms, evidences of the building up and wearing down of the earth's surface, stimulate more f& L *& / Jypi '"' a B^ mpflf^ ii^ H •^ Pp%^ m| sP-^^ 13 B § J£| fw Ssjjn ^^^^ u*^^^ ••' - -*^ vf|| • • *":"" •" -^ Sal :'"^'- WS * .••'•••';. '*•**'. s%%&& p ^$ § BB :" m Figure 17.- The Grand Canyon at the mouth of Whitmore Wash. 20 |