Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-13


n Campbell will undoubtedly be in
terested In reading a wonderful
q description Of Tiaga Pass in the Ne
. vada Sierras written by Mrs. Camp
bell following an auto tour through
this western range. Mrs. Campbell S
prolific pen has indeed conveyed an
, impressionistic idea of the wealth OF
{. grandeur and rugged splendor OF these
majestic hills. 1t follows:
r. Thursday, August 6.
|, And here we are in Nevada, spin
:, ming across a valley high up in the
Sierras with a wonderful garden Of
opals ahead Of US. For surely these
Z mountains were beautiful AS we
Z hurried along enjoying the fragrant
= breath Of the mountains, the valleys
were beginning to fill with darkness
and the mountain peaks were catch
ing the last rays of the sinking sun.
{, On and on we went over rough roads
or smooth-it mattered little, for, oh,
the Joy Of life In this free air and
open country! Soon we saw what
we afterward learned was Alkali
4 Lake, quite a body Of water and al
most filled with pelicans and mud
I hens.
! By now We were in the valley and
there was no sign Of the sun, and the
! wonderful garden of opals lay like
corpse before US, great cold gray
mountain which half an hour before
was queen Of beauty among all those
; hills. At 1880 we reached the place
at. which we were dining, only to
find they would not take travellers"
as they were kept too busy with their
crews from two farms. After a pleas
ant chat we thanked them and said
\ we were sorry to have disturbed
them, but we were from Honolulu and
knew nothing about that part Of the
country and had followed directions
given US at Minden where we we're
told they would probably take US in.
Honolulu" proved magic word
as Mrs. Terry was an Australian girl
and had stopped in Honolulu and had
gone back there once with her father,
who had installed pump on one Of
the plantations of Maui, and she was
anxious TO inquire about friends and
ask questions about the islands, con-
sequently We we're spared from "a
night out" in the biting cold at that
elevation. .a-. .@ .-.. .....".s
Next morning we were off at q
o'clock-regretting that We could NOT
take with US the excellent fare and
luxurious beds we had enjoyed at
''Terry's." The days drive was in
teresting, the scenery lovely and the
roads fair, but all that paled past re.
call when we reached the newly
opened road called The Tiaga Pass"
leading into Yosemite park. ] can
never hope to leave words here de-
scriptiye OF its wonderful,- gigantic,
overwhelming beauty. Only Gods
creations are so, and how could NOR
tails hope to approach description
of 1t? Over smooth and well built
road we climbed that formidable
looking mountain, growing less con-
scious Of self as the moments flew
and finally as We crept along over a
sheer notch in these high cliffs-for
we were obliged to go in low or inter
mediate all the tinne-we became lost
in their marvellous heights and as the
sun sank behind the mountains and
cast its DYING rays upon their crowns,
the color was so wonderful, the pic
ture so beautiful that We were weak
from the state of ecstacy we had ex-
perienced and hope the stamp of it
is indelibly pressed upon my mental
vision, for ] can leave no record OF
il here. When we reached the top
and looked back to view it all we had
no words to express \what we saw, it
was too great! .....
There was the lovely valley hun
dreds of feet below US, and there the
grade we had followed looking like
a mere thread drawn across the face
OF the cliffs, and here with our.
selves part oft. all were the great
scintillating mountains of granite
rearing their heads above it all. as
If to command all the admiration and
homage we humans could bestow.
After expending as many expressions
of appreciation as we could com
mand and having filled our hearts
and minds with the glory Of 1t we
passed on only to encounter fresh en-
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