Travel brochures beckon and a lot of folks are taking vacations and educational tours to faraway places of enchantment. That’s fine and it’s good that people can travel to distant states and countries. But we’d like to call attention to another interesting place to travel and vacation – good old Utah! We find there are a lot of folks right here in Utah’s heartland who have never been out into the hinterlands and have still to see some of the state’s interesting scenic and educational features. This probably isn’t too unusual and our people are no different than those in other states in this respect. But we do feel it’s a plus for any citizen to know his state, its history, industries, scenic features, etc. Utah s scenery ranges from the alpine beauty of high mountain country to shimmering lakes and rivers, enchanting desert scenes, and the red rock country in the southern and eastern sectors of the state. Tour-wise, the Utah Travel Council, a few years ago, divided the state into 10 areas characterized as follows: Mountainland, Golden Spike Empire, Color Country, Castle Country, Great Basin country, Bridgerland, Historic Mormon country, Panoramaland, Canyonlands, and Dinosaurland. Tourist industry-minded, the travel council may have had outof-state travelers in mind for the most part. But the individual family can profit from the council’s tour information in deciding how to intelligently visit the different areas of the state. There are, within the state, 23 national parks, forests, and monuments ; also 27 state parks. There are local scenic drives, lots of outdoor recreational areas, and choice fishing and camping spots. Historic sights and buildings, ghosts of one-time mining boom towns, and other remnants of bygone eras also can be found. To know the location of these, together with their various features, can add a lot of adventure, enjoyment, and meaning to your travel. The vacation season is in full swing. We encourage you to spend at least some of your available time seeing or re-exploring your own state. What People Are Saying “The addict must be disciplined enough to maintain a regular schedule of hustling, drug procuring and drug use, just to keep from getting scared or sick. The addict works seven days a week throughout the year, with no time off for sick leave or vacations.” -Drug authority Stephen Pittel, saying that addicts work harder to get their drugs than most workers do to earn their salary. “One cannot erode freedom in one sector of society without adversely affecting all others.” -Thomas G. Gies, professor of finance at the University of Michigan, saying that economic controls are as dangerous to an open society as thought controls. “We failed to accomplish our objective in Southeast Asia and can take little solace from the fact that we delayed a Communist takeover of Indochina by ten years. The military power and cost required to accomplish our idealistic purpose in Vietnam exceeded that which was apparently acceptable to many of our people.” -William C. Westmoreland, former Army Chief of Staff and commanding officer of U.S. forces in Vietnam.