The San Francisco call., 1909-10-17
.PARADISFOF MOTOR
LIES IN CALIFORNIA
Enjoyment Never Lags Where
Season and Year Are of
Equal Duration

California, the land of out of doors,
the state of sunshine and scenery, of
health and happiness, offers to the en-
thusiastic motorist year long season
of uninterrupted delight. Here there is
no "close season." when for months the
car stands idle in the garage and snow,
sleet and billiards. keep the owner
from the enjoyment of his favorite
sport, anxiously awaiting the opening
of spring and of the impossible nigh
ways, writes Haslitt L. Pitton
Eight months, at most, is the limit
of the automobile season in the east,
| but here, in favored California, the
open road always and forever invites
one to an exhilarating spin through
wide, free countrysides, compared TO
which the cramped sce.-ery of the east
seems but a toy model of the grander
original which makes California world
| famous.
| 1t is this lure of the open, so peculiar
| to California, which makes the state
the greatest and most enthusiastic mo-
toring community in the country, and
nowhere is such enthusiasm better sus-
| tanned or with better reason than in
San Francisco, where the most delight-
full and varied auto trips are available
at all times.
! The 100 mile run to San Jose and
back, every mile of which lies over
perfect roads and through the park ike
! stretches of San Mateo county. is per-
| haps the favorite of the shorter trips,
but it is hard pressed in point OF
| bea uty by the Marin county scenery
and the vine and orchard bordered
roads which lead through Napa, ST.
Helena and Calistoga.
Lake county is a wonderland good
| for weeks enjoyment, with Its oak
| clad hills, its chain of shining lakes
| and the many we'll managed resorts
which offer comfort and hospitality to
| the motorist. Quite different from
! these. the more formal attractions or
Del Monte and the democratic CANA
| raderfe of Santa Cruz, with its perfect
| beach. glorious surf and the something
Idoing every minute attraction peculiar
| to seaside resorts, each AFFORD the en-
/ tertainment which, fits the mood or the
| temperament of the visitor.
For the enjoyment of a few leisure
hours at the wheel or in the tonneau
| Alameda county offers the well known
and beautiful drive through the tunnel
| road into Contra Costa county to Wal
/ nut Creek, or by the redwood road into
| the redwood shaded hollow Of Moraga
| canyon, a spot within an hours drive
| of Oakland, yet of a wild beauty not 10
!
For a trip of from one to three weeks
| there is no more beautiful nor inter
esting country than through Humboldt
| county, where the roads are exception
ally good and the attitude of the farm
ers very friendly. Hot meals and ac-
commodations for the night may be
had at almost any house and at reason
able rates. The hunting and fishing are
| excellent and easily accessible.
Even within the limits Of San Fran
| cisco one may enjoy. in threading the
many well oiled roadways of Golden
! Gate park or in skirting the ocean
| beach, some of the most delightful
moments which fall to the lot of motor
| lists.
And when one reflects that all these
| trips are available on practically 365
days a year, that in the winter, except
| on the few days when rain is actually
falling, the weather is equal to the
most glorious days in any climate,
| clear, cool, exhilarating, the superiority
| of San Francisco as a motoring para
| disc will be readily admitted.