The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-07-25

Natural wOnaeFs that Oas.RIVal
Hossmlte Or ne National PaFk.s
ThsGFandsuF % tire Tlstan.

Yosemite, or the natural wonders Of tn,
National Park. We hope that some com
petent, inspired pen may be found to suit
ably portray the sublime wonders Of M
tuFe almost at our very doors. Within
fifty miles Of North Yakima, easily aces
sible, at the head Of the north and south
forks Of the Tietan. in and about the icy
crest Of Mount Kaye, are natural wonder
and scenery that out-rival Yosemite Of
the Park" Of the Nation.
Riding out from North Yakima to thai
Bethesda Of the northwest, the Yakima
Soda Springs, thence . pleasant horse
back ride over romantic ridge and under
the shade Of the fragrant FIR and lordly
pine, brings tho tourist to the crest o.
DArland mountain; pausing for q mo
ment to breathe the horses. Immediately
before the traveller is q scene Of unpar.
alleled grandeur. Almost at hand on
the mighty peaks Of Tacoma, St. Helens,
Hood, Adams, and the older Mount Kaye
directly in front, all glistening in the sun
a. they reflect back It's MONDAY rays,
from their shining glaciers; there they
stand, like 80 many monaTchs Of old,
glinting the rays Of the summer sun from
their Furnished casques. We see water
falls In the distance, dashing like threads
Of silver down the mountain side from
the ice fields. We mark the course Of the
avalanche, ~ in the winter storms 1t has
torn down the precipices, sweeping away
hundreds Of acres Of forest in It's mad
career; and almost beneath Us, but miles
away, Is Wiley's beautiful valley, which
should be our camp for the night; where
We arrive, after . few hours ride down .
uaie and comfortable mountain trail, al
most at the head Of the south fork Of the
Titan. In this valley Is one Of the most
charming spots for q mountain summer
resort imaginable large, wide valley Of
rich, luscious grass, dotted with groves Of
fir trees, giving It a park-like character;
the joyous, rollieking Tietan, bowling
through its center, fullof babbling brooks,
gushing SPRING.; the home Of the deer
and mountain grouse, lis beauties walled
in by the mighty mOnarchs Of the Cas-
cades; old Mount Kaye, with It's eternal
glaciers, like stern, silent sentinel at its
head; no more attractive place for the
lover Of the sublimity Of nature exists.
A short ride the next morning through
this valley, up . sharp backbone ridge
that again divides the south fork, the
branch on the left leading to the well
known Cispus pass, which must soon be
utilized by some one Of our great trans
continental railroad lines, 4 pass away
below the snow line, Of gentle slopes and
with q beautiful little mountain lake, full
Of trout almost on It's very summit; the
other branch, on the right, which We fol-
low, directly bearing up to the everlasting
glaciers, where one soon arrives. Here
are innumerable grassy camps.with living
Ice cold water, for, anomalous as It may
seem, 10 the summer we find rich, succu-
lent grasses in these mountains, high up
above the timber, houTishing and growing
luxuTiantly Immediately alongside the
gAciens. Turning the horses loose to
Craze and grasping an iron-shod staff,
one can now have Alpine travel to the
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