The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 14, 1903, Page 13

THE sOUTING GROUND SUNDAY CATL. Canyons, Mountains, Lakes and Delis in the “Golden West That Surpass in Magnificence and Genuine Grandeur Anything the Rest of the World Has to Offer and Just What It Costs You to Disit Them. t as well to K of towels, for while we all know is not always com- more or lieu of en and toilet r of better So in needed if you ake n only be made of the dishes going ugh it. T ude & to be sufficient LOVELY KE TAHOE e Tehoe nly is “a gem of the a ideal place to spend s we L eve s charm of col 2 and N a mmer homes e the lake, the . . ghts wi p g w s : g i . . robth A strcams Pixiers . swung the lure am willow cutting ucross th b r ye green meadow ve - e majesty of = ome at n.gnt »ith & f Jotted beauties. w ahie If you pave slippery at royal trout sire n 1k . of a boulder and way ou have never pic- Cascade Lake Failen r taken great trout out of Heather re f that glo- y & Gien Alpine, or ke ahoe from the summit ecls Peak, then you bave something P experience. shoe moch cholce in the sclec- s, and there @re charming the fragrant pines along the ghtful cemping grounds ts. No section offers the family, and the = attra s for long, stormless California days are full of health for the children. The pure air, the pure water, the recreation, the ree- dom from convention, are better than the whole materia medica, and school life wi.l have a fresh zest when vacation is over and they come down from these high places to the prosaic work of the school- room or those who want to get as near na- ture as they can there are any number of ideal spots and a camping outing costs $15 50 for fare, $1 50 for a berth each way a little for expenses which always up at the unexpected moment. The outfit itself may be as elaborate or as as you like, so the total expenses " cally what you choose to make hem ASTA REGION Another htful camping resort is known as the asta region.” It em- braces miles of the beautiful Sacramento Canyon, the foot of the great peak itself and the more distant and wilder banks of the McCloud. “Sissons” was the chief hostelry in the days long gone when we took the stage at Redding and rode a night and a day and got a § o'clock din- of venison and trout, sweet potataes, cornbread, rich milk and ice cream. * has become a town, the quaint old rambling structure we know has heen succeeded by a modern hotel bearing the old pame, the stage has given place to the reliroad, and the wild canyon, still wild and picturesque, is lined with “camp: “retreats,” “springs” and “homes,” where you can be .reasonably sure of good dinners, gosd beds and a guod time. CALI\FORMN 1A CcAPIT Upper Soda Springs Sweet Brier Camp, Shasta Retreat, Bail- eys, Crag View, Shasta Mountain Home and others are attractive resorts, with many conveniences, and, best of all, low rates, Camp grounds and tents of all kinds can be rented at various points, and water plenty carbonated and “siraight,” while fish sport in the stream at the door, just waiting to be caught The altitude is from 2100 to 3300 feet and the air, as you can imagine, fresh and in- vigorating, free from the dust of the low- is lands, and laden with fragrance of fir and pine trees. Tickets can be bought and baggage checked to almost any point vou desire. And, speaking of tickets, there are sum- mer rates all along the line that vary from $4 to $15, and there are any num- ber of good campe, where ail you have to do is to furnish yourself and a few clothes to the tune of $10 a week. ON MONTEREY BAY. Coming nearer home we have the well- known Pacific Grove, where rcst and recreation are taken in connection with mental and moral culture. Its history is on¢ of helpful and interesting educational gatherings and of attractive and profit- able religious services. This beautiful place is on the blue bay of Monterey, is caslly accessible and combines at once the beauty of the forest and the charm of the ocean. A great assembly hall pro- vides for the summer meetings, and -the grove is under the contrgl of an associa- tion, which looks after things moral and prudent'al. From a simple camp ground it has grown into a city of handsome and eapeveive residences and fine hotels, with OSra BSEAcH Shasta Springsy a summer population of $600. Arcund Monterey Bay are grouped Capi- tola. Aptos, Carmel-by-the-Sea and other rescrts, each having a claim upon one's attentions. Capitola has its crowd every year, and sea and forest, the surf and an impounded river, cottages, games, drives, bosting and bathing furnish recreation for both voung and old the bay and is a quiet, modest where you can sleep and eat and rest, yet you feel so in- clined there are the sports that always with the water, faces place, Aptos when 80 Carmel-by-the-Sea is a new resort, that has Cypress Point, Pebble Beach, the seventeen-mile drive of Del Monte, Point Lobos and Carmel Mission within easy reach, and a more beautiful seventeen miles is seldom seen in any country. This place, known to histor through the pacdres, promises to be one of our most del’ghtful family resorts, for the beach is wafe and is covered with a clean, white sand that seems to invite wading. Monte nearby—the splendid bay and the quaint old town. It had a charm for the old Californians, which is not los* v is CTAL\FORMNIA upon wne younger generation. The saga- cious old padres had an eye for beauty and comfort, and their selections were In- varjably chosen with a view to the great- est. hatural advantages. The mission val- leys were always beautiful, and Mon- terey’'s natural charms have ever since been confessed. It has the reputation of being one of the heaithiest and most de- Ilightful of California’s seaside resorts. On the shores of this bay Is the famous hotei, known to travelers the world over, the Del Monte. Too well known to Cali- fornians to require’ description, a v the magnificent grounds is always a pleasure. The beauty of the landscape, the charm of the sea, the even temper of the stormless days, the gardens and flowers, the lawns and walks, the sun- flecked shadows of the forest—all are full of charm. Santa Cruz is another fascinating place for summer rest, either to play in the surf, to drive on the cliffs and to the can- yons or to rest on the mountainside over- Jooking the sea. Hotels and boarding- houses are numerous, and to be able to choose a cozy inn from among the many and from the forested mountainside look out of the” green boscage over the long sea slope and across miles of sunlit water for a month of days, and by night breathe the salt air or the fragrance of the forest while you sieep—that Is to rest where the whole environment is helpful. Rowardennan, Ben Lomond, Mountain Home Resort, Villa Fontenay, Pacific Congress Springs, Hotel de Redwood and others are well located and desirable. 13 PASO DE ROBLES Paso Robles combines a first-class hetel and its mensal delights, with springs of great virtue, set in the midst of a charming landscape, with fine drives and the tempered air of the sea. These famous springs are in the valley with high mountains for a baekground, and ' ac- they are on the railroad and easy Here is every comfort and luxury a ed people who want the rest and recreation which is often effected by mineral springs cannot do better than go to Paso Robles. The climate is absolute- Iy perfect. THE SOUFHERN COAST. Santa Barbara fieeds but be mentioned. Warm in winter cool in summer, it is known to half the world for the charms s0 of its climate. For thirty odd miles there is a perfect beach, and one that is not as dr.ngerous as miany, but t e is one trou- ble with this ideal spot. It is known to the fashionable worid, ®@and while there are houses to rent they are elaborately furnished and demand a right royal price. As to the hotels, they superb. To meet the requirements th throng of hotels haye begn put up that are villages in themselves. If Cowper had lived in Santa Barbara he would never have sighed, “O, for a lodge in some vast wil- derness.” One of the idyllic in point of climate is of the world a Cataiina. Not island the “Isles of Greece,” where caloric Sap- pho “lived and sung.” are more charming, though more famous. Washed by summer seas and funned by softest airs, It 1s = place to dream in—unless you want to go fshing. For here are fishing grounds so remarkable that in the absence of Sappho or Byron they are rapidly making the fame ‘of the islands known wherever Jzaak Walton has a follower. It Is worth a long journey to fasten to & sca bass or leaping tuna—a kind of submarine tow boat, alive in every fiber—and be dragged over miles of green water. The man who captures one of these fish must be very wide awake. The hard work Is tremend- ously exciting. Such sn hour with ting- ling nerves and leaping pulses and blood rushing through the veins like a cata- ract is worth a hundred kijling time at whist or billlards or dawdling on the hotel veranda. There are many charming pisces—the trouble is to choose. Too often we do not choose, but grind on at home. Rest is sanity. It is not loafing. it is not idle- ness: it is escape from routine. from the monotony of work; it is a new direction of our energies, the refreshment of change, a closer touch with nature. Therels a pilgrim in every one of us—an aborigine with backward look—a primi- tive man made for the woods, the camp, the streAm. Fresh air. the tonic of the sea, large spaces, more sky thin bends over amy town and the life untrammeled by conventional forms—this is hunger as rat. ural as the appetite of a growing boy.