Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-08-22
BY THE LONE TREE.
Beautiful Views From the Trail
to BOlinas.
A CORRESPONDENTS DESCRIPTION
Cloud Effects in Lights and Shadows-San
Francisco by Twilight From the
Marin County Heights.

To the man, or woman either, for
that, if she feels physically capable
who enjoys "A good walk or climb once
in while, l should recommend the
Lone Tree trail and an evening trip to
Willow Camp, near Bolinas, any time
from now ON until the rains make the
hills too muddy for comfortable travel
ing, but moonlight night is prefera-
BILE. Start from the city any afternoon
the earlier the better-on the Sausa-
Tito boat, and take the Mill Valley train
to Millwood. There the walk begins.
To the south as one alights from the
train will be noticed hill, and the
pedestrian will return i'll the direction
of Sausalito perhaps hundred yards,
and then bend around the base of this
hill and follow the fence up toward
the ravine, past farmhouse ON the left
to some bars. Go through these bars
and slope off down to the creek, which
should be crossed, and then follow up
the ridge, letting the creek gradually
slip away to the right. Ahead, up ON
the hill in the general direction of
Mount Tamalpais, will be noticed n
milk ranch. This should be left half
mile to ones right hand, crossing the
cross-ridge just where the Mill Valley
wagon road passes over it in its descent
into Sequola Canon. To the left, down
Il steep incline, will be noticed we'll
defined trail passing through little
ditch, generally dry, and this, if fol-
lowed, will bring the sightseer into Sc
quola Canon near the alders.
But before descending the hill, look
across and beyond the densely wooded
canon. A long ridge will be noticed
which swings off and upward to Boil
mas Heights, to the west of Tamalpais
in a northerly direction. Away up
near the top will be noticed solitary
redwood tree. That stray spire is what
gives the trail its name.
The path begins within fifty yards
after crossing the big creek in the
alders in Sequola canon and follows
the top of the ridge, nearly to the sum-
NIT, and then swings off to the left,
passes watering trough and continues
upward and around through some
shrubbery and then over bit of clear
ground, and the lone tree will be found
close to second water trough where
a good drink is obtainable.
Just after passing out of the shrub
berry we stop for a rest and survey of
the surrounding country and distant
bay and ocean. To describe the view
as it appeared to the party, of which
the writer was member, is difficult
task. A fog had been blowing over the
mountain above us, shutting out the
rays of the setting sun from Mount Ia
malpais, which was silhoutted against
a sky as blue as could be imagined, Civ
ing the mountain most rugged and
formidable appearance. AT the foot of
Tamalpais, Mill Valley looked like a
little country village of few hundred
inhabitants, with houses at long dis
tances apart. Suddenly a rift in the
fog bank permitted the reflection from
the sun, which was now set, to rest up
ON the tip of the mountain-top, and
while the side of the huge rock pile was
still clothed in darkness, bright light
lit up Mill Valley and the surrounding
low hills, and extended in circle
as far as Angel Island. 1t was one of
those penetrating yellow lights which
brings out every little detail in the
landscape, every COW browsing on hill
and in dale, and even people could be
seen, with field-glass, walking on the
roads in Mill Valley. Across the water
on the Alameda side of the bay all was
darkness, but gradually the lights of
the metropolis on the opposite side of
the Golden Gate began to glimmer.
At first there were only few, and as
it was too dark now to discern the
houses, these lights looked like strag-
Cling soldiers after the conflict, but
gradually all the street lamps and cleo
tric points We're illuminated, and then
new scene was presented, and San
Francisco, with its multitude of hills
produced a most beautiful sight, the
whole scene being one long to be re-
membered.
The sun and fog banks combined al
times to perform some wonderful
pranks on the surrounding landscape
and produce scenic effects that, viewed
from the heights above, are intensely
interesting, and, never being duplicat
ed, the sightseer on each visit is treated
to something fresh and interesting.
Having moved ON from the lookou
to the lone tree, few minutes res
and drink prepares the walker for ;
quick walk to the camp. A trail lead
down a ridge toward the ocean, finall,
dropping into a ravine, which shoulc
be followed until the road which run
near the coast is tapped, and then, in
very brief time, the walker passe
} through spring gate, descends hill
and soon arrives at "a big bunch of will
lows on the left of the driveway. Thi
is Willow Camp, but from the gate a
the entrance the visitor would neve
suspect that it contained communit