Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-25
AN ARRoYo-sEco RIDE.
Miss BuIah Brownine's Friends and Acquaintanees at Home Will Enjoy Her Letter from Pasadena.

Following is the letter of Miss Browning to her friends in the east:
 To My Dear Friends in the East.
 Seeing that I now expect to stay until September, I decided I would write you a brief description of the beautiful things which am seeing and enjoying so much in California.
 Last week four of us started out at a. m. for a trip on horseback up the Arroyo Seco- Arroyo Seco Is Spanish for dry ravfne. It is located near Pas adena and has a small stream flowing g through parts of it. with trees and shrubbery on either side. I suppose at certain times of the year this stream dries up, hence it gets its name.
 We took a road which wound down the side of a hill until finally we came to the stream which has been men toned. We forded this stream a great many times during the day, which added to the pleasure of the trip. Rid ing along the trail, we could see holly, ferns and wild flowers growing on each side of us. while live oak trees had mistletoe growing all over their branches. We rode along this at tractive trail for about two miles, then we discovered that there were some camps hidden in the trees along the trail on either side. The only way we discovered them was that different names and numbers were nailed on the tree nearest the camp. By look ing closely we could see the roof or some part of the camp from the trail. but no stranger would ever noti.e them. We kept pushing on when we began to feel that our lunch might offer us some attraction if we had a nice place to eat 1t. We forded the stream about the forty-second time when we discovered a roughly built bungalow which was Camp 51." This was a. most delightful place. situated right near the stream. Our escort went up and knocked on the door, but as nobody answered we decided it was a pretty good place and that we would call it our own for the time being. As we opened the door we viewed a most adorable place, roughly furnished, but the living room had a big stone fire place in it which looked pretty good to us, as we were quite damp after fording that stream so many times.
 After feeding the horses and taking our lunch off their backs, where it had been strapped, we gathered some wood for a fire. We soon had a roaring one our escort sat around ittrying to get dry, which didn't take very long. We then opened our lunch and ate till we could hardly see. then one of the most ambitious of us found some magazines which were there and read aloud to the other three. We sat around rest ing and listening and in about three hours left for home. Incidentally our escort fessed up" to us that he knew the people who owned the bungalow, and left it on the table. As I sat there I shall never forget the feeling I had, how nice it would be to take a blanket and some provisions and live out in the wilderness like that and sleep right out of doors. It was one of the love- Hest trips we have had and when we arrived home at 5 P. m. we were a tired but happy party.
 This is sample of the lovely times am having, and I only wish you could enjoy them with me.
 BULAH BROWNING.
 Pasaden Cal, April 15, 1910.