Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-12

sarv Completely enveoping linen busters
for both ladies and gentlemen, are desiI-
able and heavy shoes-calfskin-and some !
coarse clothing, for the trail-riding and the
foraging expeditions, are essential. One
can do
YOSEMITE IN DAY,
But most enthusiastically. IfnQ more time
than that can be given we would advise the
intending visitor to refrain from undertak
ing the trip at all. 1t is little short of an
insult to nature to attempt to comprehend
her beauty in this spot By rush through
parts of the valley in a single day. At the
least three days are needed 10 visit the
summit Of the walls. the foot of the Yo-
semitic triple fall, the most beautiful of all,
the Nevada falls, Vernal fall, Mirror lake,
Bridal Vel fall and the half dome, and we
are in doubt whether any but the most ro-
bust could do thus much of sightseeing in
so short a period and be fit for the return
trip. One needs a week TO take in Clouds
Rest Eagle Point, the brow of Ell Captain
and to catch glimpse Of the distant Illo-
uette fall But after all, the views from
Glacier and Inspiration Points, the ride to |
Nevada fall, the after dinner jaunt to the |
Bridal Veil fall the ride about the floor of |
the valley the visit to the foot of Yosemite |
triple fall-easily made on foot in an hour |
GllIlEI Vi tllc tilLGC iibAIlS III tAAt
lev-restful ease in the evening in the re- |
| freshing cool Of the enchanted spot, some |
| fern and moss gathering, some casting of |
the fly for the wary fish of the MERGED |
some botanizing. an ante-breakfast ride to |
| Mirror lake a glance at the Royal Arches |
| and the North Dome from the floor OF the |
valley. will give one a comprehensive and
satisfying idea of the wonders Of the
| charmed spot where God has builded His
| chiefest temple, and this may all be done
| without fatigue in three days time-but it
! should be spread over week of days.
Wonderful Forests and Mountain Lakes
The Big Trees.
One of the important curiosities to the
stranger in California is the grove OF big
| trees-properly the groves. There are eight
main and several lesser ones. The stories
| concerning them are at the East generally
accepted as greatly exaggerated. In truth,
they are not. The groves lie between latl-
tudes 36o and $50 - mainly. From north
TO south. the groves are the Calaveras, Tu-
olumne, Stanislaus. Crane Flat, Mariposa,
Kings and Kaweah Rivers, North Fork
Tule River. and South Fork Tule River.
Those mostly visited are the Calaveras, the
| Mariposa and the Tuolumne. The Gala
| yeras and Mariposa are best visited because
| there are accommodations provided for
|
groves are the largest of all. The Mariposa
and Calaveras groves are typical of all.
There are two divisions of the MaripOsa-
the upper and lower. The elevation is
about $500 feet above sea level. The
groves are under the control of the Com
missioners of the Yosemite Yolley, and are
most easily accessible from Clark's Station,
on the Yosemite route, via the Southern
Pacific rails. Or if one enters Yosemite
valley from other directions, he can most
easily reach the grove by stage route
to Clarks, and thence to the trees.
While the Sequ0ias giganet1 are by all odds
! the largest trees in the world there are
some gigantic monarchs of the forest in
the coast mountains of San Francisco of
2 the redwood variety-.Seqaoid simpervirers-
f and of which we shall speak later on. In
f the Calayeras grove there is found an adj
mirable retreat from the turmoil of the
r world All the surroundings invite to re-
( pose. The accommodations for guests are
: good, and the place is much frequented by
= pleasure seekers. There are here len trees
| that are 80 feet in diameter, and seventy
between Is and so feet The trees are from
/ | 40 10 $50 feet IN hight In the hollow OF
: one nineteen horseman may ride their
n steeds. Through one for two hundred feet
e one may easily ride his horse, as The tree is
: prone on the ground The Hottest trees were
t those of which only remnants are TO be
t seen, as they have been FRUSTRATED,
e and portions OF them destroyed
5 hut trees exceeding 800 feet
+. in hight are standing. Over
i the stump of one of the trees a pavilion
/ has been erected, and on the floor thirty
,ri NO dancers can be accommodated, The