Beware of Certain Mushrooms
Other varieties of mushrooms had best be viewed with suspicion, unless you are expert at distinguishing them. Never eat mushrooms with white or yellow gills growing out of a bulb or cup—they are deadly. [[168]]
CHAPTER XII
WHERE TO GO
The Motor Camper’s Continental Range—The Consequent Need of Provision for All Touring Emergencies—The Great Continental Highways—East and West, Bankhead, Dixie, George Washington, Lincoln, Old Trails, National Parks, Pikes Peak, Ocean to Ocean, Old Spanish, Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt International, Park to Park, Yellowstone—North and South, Atlantic, Dixie, Jackson, King, Jefferson, Lee, Meridian, Mississippi Valley, Pacific, Pershing, Puget Sound to Gulf—Also Many Others of Less Importance Listed and Described—Description and Lists of National Parks and Forests, State Parks and Forests and a Few Leading Municipal Camping Parks, Followed in Next Chapter by a List of These Camp Sites Arranged Alphabetically by States—Description of Methods in Vogue in National Parks and Forests in Connection with Motor Campers, and Provision Made for Their Comfort—The National Parks Listed—Dates of Seasonal Opening of Various National Parks—State Parks and Forests in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin—The Most Striking Municipal Camping Parks, Such as Boise, Idaho, Salt Lake City, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Denver, and Alameda, California—Desirability of Attracting Motor Campers.
The American motor camper has a continental range. Since the construction of the great transcontinental highways our people have roamed back and forth east and west from coast to coast and north and south from the Canadian border to the Gulf. [[169]]
The summer touring is mostly from East to West and vice versa. In winter the movement is from North to South and back again with the approach of warmer weather.
A transcontinental tour is now a comparatively easy matter, provided the motorist carries along the necessary equipment. Formerly a motor trip across from coast to coast was somewhat hazardous, and sure to be at least an expensive and a tiring undertaking. Rapidly improving road conditions on the main routes of travel are fast making the transcontinental journey one of enjoyment and interest.
The camper, for an ocean to ocean trip, requires but little, if anything, more in the way of equipment than is needed for a week-end tour. With the steady increase of cross-country travel the traveler can secure all necessary supplies in practically every village along the main highways.