Modern Living: Roughing It the Easy Way

Let's take a trip in a trailer

No need to come back at all. . .

Let's leave our hut, dear, get out of

our rut, dear

Let's get away from it all.

Millions of Americans take the advice of that 32-year-old song seriously, striking out in neo-pioneer style, attempting to get as far from civilization as possible. Backpacking and exploring rustic roads by trailer have become so popular (see box page 61) that the national parks are clogged. The Interior Department has begun an experimental computerized reservation service so that people will be assured of...

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