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-f hey tell a story about the three
' American visitors to Rome who
had an audience with the Pope.
The first said that he was staying for
just three days.
"Wonderful," said the Pope. "You'll
be able to see everything of importance
in the Eternal City."
The second said he was in Rome for a
month's vacation.
"Ah, well," said the Pope, "you'll still
have time to visit a few of the interest
ing sites."
The third said he was on an indefinite
leave and might even settle in Rome.
"That's too bad," said the Pope.
"You'll probably never get to see many
of our attractions."
The story, whether true or not, has
a moral: you can't judge a vacation
by its length.
If you're one of the millions who can
only get worked up to a vacation once
a year and then try to do everything in
two or three frantic weeks, you're
wasting at least two days out of every
week and missing attractions that are
only a week end away from your own
back yard.
Take week-end vacations and catch
up on some of the things you've been
missing! They have several advantages
over the once-a-year kind:
There are more of them and if
you start Friday afternoon after work,
you pick up an extra half-day. So
during the year you can accumulate
up to 125 days of extra vacation!
Your goals will be simpler, and
therefore you stand a better chance
of accomplishing them. Your packing
and other travel problems are also
simplified.
A surprising number of possibilities
for doing and seeing things will open
up. You can start in a different direc
tion each week end.
Additional advantages in the Fall
and Winter are that outdoor points
of interest many are just as attractive
jbou " p,aCe$' dB' overfed
in the colder seasons will be less
crowded, and indoor attractions muse
ums and indoor sports, for example
don't depend on the weather.
These short vacations can be gran
diose or simple. Obvious choices for
the big ones are to plan them around
something big, like the Mardi Gras in
New Orleans, or one of the football
bowl games on New Year's Day.
Other big week ends come ready
made. Airlines, railroads, and bus lines
offer "package vacations" of two and
three days. Some airlines, for instance,
feature a "Week End at the Waldorf,"
which includes round-trip tickets, three
days at the world-famous New York
hotel, and sight-seeing tours of the
city. A railroad has week-end trips
to Niagara Falls still one of the
world's wonders, and you don't have
to be a honeymooner to enjoy it.
If you're the average week-end vaca
tioner, however, you'll prefer the
simple trip that you can make in your
own car. Two words of advice will
insure success for each of these week
end vacations: plan them!
Don't just hop in the car and start
driving. Get a goal, map it out, and
stick to it. After you've tried a few,
you'll iron out the kinks about how
far to go, what to pack, when to stop.
If you have some ideas for week-end
jaunts, bon voyage! If you haven't,
here are a few tips:
Most road maps free at your local
service station list "places of interest"
in your state. Pick the ones you'd like
to visit. Bookstores and magazine
stands also carry vacation guides. Or
you can write to the state chamber of
commerce or tourist bureau in your
state capital for pamphlets and other
material on attractions in your state.
It's a good idea to stay within your
own state at first, but week-end vaca
tions often can be stretched one or
two states away.
We mentioned the state capital above.
Have you ever seen your capitol? Not
the city, the stafe capitol building
itself? Many of them have interesting
histories and architecture.
The capitol in Salem, Ore., for in
stance, is one of the newest Built of
marble, it's noted for its murals and
a magnificent view of Willamette Valley
from its dome. At Harrisburg, Pa., the
capitol is open seven days a week and
guided tours include trips through the
historical museum and other sites.
State and national parks are also
year-round attractions. The South has
some of particular interest, notably
famous battlefields. Why not plan to
be in Yorktown, Va., the same day
(Oct. 19) that Cornwallis surrendered
his army in 1781?
The South, too, has kept up many of
its fine old plantation homes, such as
the palatial Leroy Pope House in
Huntsville, Ala. Near Lexington, Ky.,
you can visit . the Bluegrass horse
farms, and recent explorations make
Mammoth Cave, Ky., a perennial
attraction, even more so.
There's no off-season for amateur
photographers. Some of the best pic
torial scenes are available in Fall and
Winter. Have you ever been in Iowa
during Indian Summer after the corn
is stacked in shocks, row on row? Or
in Brown County, Ind., where Autumn
colors are surely at their loveliest?
Colorful Colorado is a Summer para
dise, but there are few scenes to match
its mountains after a snowfall. And
San Francisco's picturesque cable cars
are always on tap.
Fishing? Oklahoma has indoor fish
ing in Winter, and Washington has the
Silver Salmon Derby Oct. 9 at Elliott
Bay and Ballard. Hunting? Fall's the
season for it in most northern areas.
How about just plain Sunday driv
ing all week end? The new east-west
toll road now links Chicago with New
York, and New Jersey .recently com
pleted the Garden State Parkway, a
motorist's dream highway. Just driving
on these super-roads is a vacation from
regular routes.
Need still more suggestions? How
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Family Weekly, October 6, 1957
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