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two simple rules to follow when you are in the forests. 

 Be very careful with fire. It may mean hundreds of 

 dollars spent in fire fighting and thousands of dollars 

 loss if you are careless. Be clean in camp and practice 

 good sanitation. It may mean great sickness or loss of 

 life if you are not a clean camper. Are not those 

 simple enough for a child to understand ? 



Should there be a quandary in the mind of anyone who 

 knows of our great forests as to where to go to spend 

 a vacation? It is hardly conceivable, for there is such a 



variety in the offerings of the forests, such a breadth of 

 country represented in these areas, such an 'extent of 

 acreage in each forest and a more astounding total of 

 all that it will be a very exacting person who does not 

 find in the National Forest territory a place especially 

 suited to his needs and desires. 



Finally, do not forget that these forests are yours. 

 You are invited to use them and one way most of us 

 can get direct value out of any one forest is to there 

 spend the vacation time of this and coming years. 



AUTO CAMP CONVENIENCES 



ALL America has turned gypsy. Or at least so it 

 seems when one takes count of the cars met on 

 the highway. They come from every state and 

 foreign lands. A recent report issued by the United 

 States Forest Service, telling of the visitors to National 

 Forest Playgrounds of Colorado, states that within the 

 body of the great mass of visitors 1,082,000 in all for 

 the one state, every state in the Union was represented 

 as well as twenty-two 

 foreign countries. 



But gypsies must 

 have camps, and the 

 question fol lows, 

 where ? And that ques- 

 tion has remained un- 

 answered many places. 

 But at some points 

 communities have in- 

 terested themselves in 

 making the stay of the 

 "pneumatic nomad" a 

 pleasant one when 

 visiting their neighbor- 

 hood. 



Other cities, towns 

 and villages are noting 

 the friendliness dis- 

 played by autoists to- 

 wards towns that have installed Municipal Camp 

 Grounds, and have started like improvements. The 

 result is a demand throughout the country for infor- 

 mation on outdoor stoves, tables, etc., for picnic grounds 

 and other camp structures which will adequately serve 

 the purpose. 



To give examples of all such structures that may come 

 to the notice of one interested in camp development 

 would take many pages. And such a collection would 

 include many things that are hideous in design, as well 

 as not serving a purpose for which they are designed. 



But it is possible here to give some examples of the 

 best things that have been done so far and in this 

 manner point the way to better achievement in the future. 



An illustration represents a small camp structure with 

 a cooking and heating fireplace placed in front. This 



THE AMERICAN GYPSY PREFERS THE MODERN MOTOR CAR TO THE 

 OLD TIME "VAN" AND MANY ARE THE CONVENIENCES OFFERED HIM 

 WHEN HE TAKES THE ROAD TO SEEK NATURE IN HER OWN LAIR 



shelter is a modification of the lean-to open face cabin 

 commonly called the Adirondack Camp. In this struc- 

 ture the plan has been further modified so there is an 

 arrangement for a fire directly in front of the open side 

 of the shelter to offer a place for heating and cooking. 

 The picture shown here was taken on the Pueblo Munici- 

 pal Camp Ground, located in Squirrel Creek Canyon on the 

 San Isabel National Forest. This area of 117 acres has 



been developed during 

 the early summer of 

 1919 so it can comfort- 

 ably a c c o m m o date 

 about 100 people at one 

 time. The place proved 

 so popular parties from 

 the city thirty-five miles 

 away would motor to 

 these improvements on 

 Saturday afternoon in 

 order that they might 

 have some camp de- 

 velopment in the way 

 of fireplace or shelter 

 for their friends and 

 family on the picnic 

 the following day. 



Another bit of camp 

 construction is shown 

 here in the footbridge. On these grounds there are a 

 number of fireplaces and two shelters. A trail and 

 road ruins the entire length of the area connecting up 

 all parts. A small stream has to be crossed at a number 

 of points. Foot bridges are necessary to avoid wet 

 feet. This one shown in the cut is typical of all on 

 the area. The design is simple and in keeping with 

 the setting. 



Shelter-cabin, fireplace and footbridge are here com- 

 bined to make a small plot of canyon floor, on the side 

 of the creek opposite to the road, an attractive point at 

 which to picnic. One noteworthy thing concerning this 

 particular shelter is especially interesting.- As near as 

 this shelter is to the thick stand of young timber shown 

 on the slope there never has been even a threatening 

 of forest fire here. A properly constructed and rightly 



