Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-28

mile Jaunt. and Offering all sorts o
scenery and experience
Mountain passes come with regu
larity on this long road, which. to the
north of San Francisco. is marked with
the Pacific Highway signs. To the
south Of the Golden Gate the EN-
blematic road signs of the Automobile
Club of Southern California give both
the directions and the topography in
picture signs that can be interpreted
at mile minute. In southern Cali
fornia the roads have been improved
so rapidly that it is the paradise of
the motorists and the new roads have
meant making the mountain passes
easier In grade as well as smooth of
pavement.
Crosses Ynez Range.
San Marcos Pass, lying between the
channel city of Santa Barbara, famed
for its well preserved mission and it's
mountain drives, and the old mission
OF Santa Ynez. the first seat of learn
ing on the Pacific, crosses the Santa
Ynez range with 80 miles OF beautiful
scenery. AS one lifts aloft from San
ia Barbara side, the whole channel
with its islands and countryside grad
ually unfolds. Maybe the 50-mile wide
channel is hidden by banks of fog that
hide all but the peaks of the islands
and yet end sharply at the shore of
santa Barbara Bay. intensifying the
Piedmont region and adding to the
beauty OF the billowing clouds that fill
the channel while away beyond is the
open sea. unending.
On the north side of San Marcos
Pass the scenery is more wild and the
climb more precipitous. As the grade
doubles around the old hills far away
views are unfolded and the ridges of
the range give a dizzy idea to the
mind. Finally there is a glimpse of
the snowfed mountain stream. the
Santa Ynez river, where dwell the
speckled beauties sought by the nim-
rods and found in abundance. The
road follows along the river mile after
mile as the altitude drops away and
nnally the old ford. now well bridged,
IS reached and the level of the stream
Is found
Grand old oaks dwell in all the pass-
IS OF the sunny southland. Thousands
d years have they lived in their ma.
esty, broad. massive, silent and grand |
beyond description. Some Of the pass
IS like the TETON start from the fIoor
u the desert on both sides and grad.
laIly unfold mountain torrent and |
majestic oak, whitened sycamore and
'eds OF ferns gigantic In size II "a
trange to leave the Mojave or tbet
san Joaquin plains and enter the Te.
on and, rising thousands of feet and
n the hottest day, feel the atmos-
mere cool, vegetation grow rich and
rees OF wonderful size unfold. Here
My 10 miles away from the oil citv
4 bakersfield. possibly the mos, nm.
comfortable city in America In sum
1er' is an ideal resort Offering every
and yet containing NOT
ne single summer home. Bpt an
nrough 1t you find, the summer
nrough' camping parties with wagon
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burning or departing. In some of the
ocky defiles like the Cajon or the
lynwild there is little vegetation nm.
the heights are reached. The e..
IN is gateway to the great Amer. (
an desert. 500 miles wide. SO offers
0 beauty OF big trees. The Idvn.
ia. on the country. winds over the
'ast side Of the great San Jacin,o {
where snow is almost ri. 1
avs found. Here the road masses
trough gigantic pines and through !
'ol dells where mountain streams vie .
18th distant saw mills in making mn :
for the traveller. and the road I
ses to height of over a mile. '
Worth the Climb. s
There are q miles of climb on the =
aiming side Of the Idyllwild pass. but c
e views are worth it. You. who s
I've studied the plain from Pixies b
sark. the view from Mount Washing. q
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