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Show During the course of'our work on this project, Architects/Planners Alliance performed a trial vacation in which we attempted to travel over existing highways throughout most of the trail, and also to stop at some of the major tourist attractions near the trail. Because of our previous experience in Utah, we did not spend much time in the portion of the state between Salt Lake City and the' Arizona border. We made stops at Pipe Springs, Marble Canyon, numerous Navajo road-side jewelry shops, and we visited the Hopi Cultural Center the Navajo Tribal headquarters at Window Rock, Hubbell's Trading Post, the north rim of the Grand Canyon, Flagstaff, Arizona, and the Petrified Forest. On this particular trip, because of time limitations, we did not visit the Zuni Pueblo which would definitely be necessary on our tourist itinerary. We visited Old Town Albuquerque and spent two days in Santa Fe, New Mexico, then up through northern New Mexico stopping at San Juan Pueblo, and into southern Colorado staying in the Durango area and then moving north through Grand Junction and into the Vernal, Utah area where two days were spent exploring the eastern Utah portion of the trail, and then back to Salt Lake. This entire trip occupied ten days, but would have been better if fourteen days had been allowed. This particular trip demonstrated the feasibility of a family vacation to experience all of the trail. It would be possible for tourists to visit the area on a complete basis and then spend additional time in a given specific area. In addition, the individual could within his own area, attend some of the local celebrations which concur in conjunction with the proposed 1976 Bicentennial Expedition. On this basis, then, the tourist could appreciate the project on three different levels and be involved in the Dominguez-Escalante celebration on several occasions throughout the year. On this basis, we strongly recommend and urge that one of the major thrusts of the Dominguez-Escalante program should be the encouragement of the family vacations throughout this area in the cominq year. The proposed published manual would be the primary vehicle for implementing this aspect of the program. (3) A full-time director should. be appointed to coordinate and oversee the implementation of the overall project. This director should be very qualified administrative individual somewhat experienced with the needs for working with local governmental groups and familiar with funding programs from various sources. It had been our intention initially to recommend that some existing agency be designated as the coordinative group for the final implementation of the project. However, in investigating some of the existing agencies appropriate for this work, such as the travel councils or the Utah Historical Society, it was our feeling that their people are committed.to other projects and could not devote full time to implement this work. It is recommended that this person be hired for at least eight months during 1976 and suggest a reasonable salary of abou $16,000; not including travelling expenses. |
