The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-10
ARRIVED IN CALIFORNIA.
Vermont Tourists Will Make Stockton
Their Headquarters.
Lake Tahoe, Cal,

: Lake Tahoe, Cal,
July 2, 1915, $3.50 a. m.
Editor, Barre Timesi
, We camped for the night last night il
the national forest about six miles nortl
{ of here, where the trees are from three
! to six feet in diameter and from 100 tc
$50 feet high. This lake is called one
of the prettiest lakes in the world
Parties here that have Travelled in Eu-
rope say that the beauties of this lake
excel any they saw in Switzerland. The
waters were almost ice cold and as clear
as crystal, with not a ripple to disturb
the surface when we reached here. The
lake is about 25 miles long and from five
to Is miles wide. The borders of the
lake are lined with summer cottages and
tents. There are several villages and a
postofice on the lake, but ] do not think
they are occupied much in the winter, as
il is so cold here.
The lake is entirely surrounded by
mountains that are covered by snow all
the year. The snow line to-day is only
some 200 or 800 feet above the lake We
skirted the lake for a short distance on
the east side, turned back, crossed a
bridge and passed down on the west side
of the lake Visited Tahoe tavern, one
of the most fayorite resorts in the West;
then continued down or up the lake.
The waters from the lake run north and,
like all the rest of the waters of the
Great Basin, never reach the ocean at
all. 1t took us all of three hours to
skirt the west side of the lake.
| Some parts of the road were extremely
dangerous. The road was scenic road
such as we found in Colorado, but much
more dangerous. 1t led us up and down,
sometimes we were level with the lake,
others nearly 1000 feet above the lake
and not over one half a mile from the
lake The views when we were up there
in the air were splendid; but for me, /
had much rather the road, while ] was
passing over. would run down close be-
side the lake, but most of the party en-
ioyed it except at one place we came to
where there was a slide that blocked the
road partially Then we were all scared
for while. But we got by and soon met
some men on the way TO remove the OBJ
structions. We met several autos when
up there. That was a dangerous proceed
ing, especially for the one on the out
side. We had the inside, as we were
passing south. IL was up and down
and then down and up. At one time we
were at the top of a ridge of rock and
could look down on a lake, on both sides /
of us, probably 500 feet, and we were
passing directly towards the main lake
and IL looked as though we should come
TO iumping-off place into the lake soon,
but the road took a turn, passed between
the lakes over high bridge and then We
felt safer.
The Downward Plunge To the Pacific.
So to make long story little short
er. I will say we arrived at the south
end Of the lake. where the road joins the
/ cad from the other side, at about noon.
There we commenced our last raise 10 the
top OF our last mountain. In four miles
we went up over 1000 feet. Some climb
ing thstl But our cars worked splendid
Is. Then commenced our downward
plunge towards the Pacific. This noun
tain il the watershed between the Great
Pasin and the Pacific ocean.
When we reached the top OF the noun
tain. we had been passing milestones for
miles. The one on top Of the mountain
said ''Placerville, ~ miles Our eleva'
ton was nearly 5000 feet. We started ]
down the west side Of the mountain and
IN two hours We descended more than
600 feet and are camped for the night
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