Milford chronicle., 1924-08-15
|lford Ladies Enjoying
Their Visit In California
Elizabeth Carlisle of Chronicle Business
Office, Writes Second Letter of Trip
Through The West.
August Srd, 1924.

letter will date from San
SEQ, the most fascinating city,
mind, that we have struck.
is always something new to be
here, all the time.
first drive, was through the
B where the Worlds Fair was
q 1915 and it must have been
al spot, for such an event. 1t
light on the water and this
it possible for all vessels to
light at the Fair grounds. Only
hiding and a statue remain
ng of the many which were
during the Fair, as all the land
zen sold for building lots. Then
ID the Presidio, the largest for
reservation in the United
1t extends for miles along the
Pacific and it is very beautl-
laid out.
then drove through Golden
Park and stopped at the Cliff
a once very famous road
but now only souvenir stores.
we got our first view of rocky
and the pounding surf. We had
lothing but the calm and peace
a. Here, it was different, and
ood for a long time enjoying
lew. Great clouds of fog were
2 in and it blew against our
like the spray from the ocean.
were hoping that we would gel.
ID view from Twin Peaks OF
Francisco, but by the time we
ed there, the fog was so thick
We could not see through 1t. II
d like huge clouds of soft BILL
snow and we could only get
view as we came down below
bg.
trip to Mt. Tamalpais was
interesting. We left San Fran
at 9:45 and took the ferry
the bay to Sansolito where
pt the electric train for Mill Val
at which place, we changed
and a little dinky engine start
the mountain. 1t seemed like
perate struggle and after much
g, we reached Mesa where we
n the gravity cars. These took
bWn into Muir Wood. 1t was a
tiful sight as we wended our
down around the side of the
htain that overlooked all the
bunding country. We reached
Wood about 11:45 and our
! took us for walk through the
which gave me my first view
e enormous Redwoods. The lar
in this grove was eighteen feet
Iameter and ranged from two
red to two hundred and twenty
feet in height. The size of these
Ist left me breathless, but was
to see even larger ones. You
cely saw a perfect tree for all OF
had been burned at some time;
T by the Indians or forest fires.
e was one popularity about
! redWoods and that was, that,
ng as the roots lived, new trees
d spring up and you sometimes
as many as nine trees springlng
round an old stump. When, the
are burned out, the bark grad
grows around and fills it up.
takes many years but the burn
not kill the trees and the hollow
d hold twenty-five people COM !
bly,. We got back from our walk
/ 1:15 and had lunch at the inn.
rain left at 2:35 for Mesa where
gain started our climb around ,
lountain to the very top. wish
ght picture to you the wonder
lew that we enjoyed during our ,
}. AS we got higher up and look
Wn over Muir Wood, those giant :
appeared like small under
l. The sky was a perfect blue
)ut over the great Pacific, huge
louds were rolling in over the !.
below. When our train reached l.
we got out and walk
to the observation point at the :
top. This was a distance of !,
Y a mile and was some steep u
=. By the time 1 reached the top, d
5 putting and blowing worse l.
the little engine but it was well :
/ it. Up there, we were above u
louds of fog. I have seen pic u
of such things but nothing can v
are to the real thing. AS we >
there gazing, it seemed that u
.ould just walk right out on y
for it looked like huge fields of Il
Below, we could see Berkeley, Il
nd, Richmond and all the sur .
ing towns with San Francisco u
: the bay. We remained there e
metime enjoying it all and hat
leave but we had to make the "
ward grade in order to reach u
rain on time. The ride down u
ountain was equally as pretty W
It going up and next to the n
Canyon, that days trip comes W
q my estimation. d
ne evening, VIC SUI q PAA'"S
and went through Chinatown. HI
was a new experience for me, OF
en- though I had been through -
own in Philadelphia, it. is no W
in comparison to this. We Wis 10
ANY out of the way places ana 81
sed some most interesting I'll
It was all most fascinating. IN
these was a small den, where tn
cinnamon were playing Man ne
md wish everyone, who has sh
layed or knows anything about a
lme, could at some time see Sc
me played by the Chinese. l tn
a terrible "faux pas" though yo
[ asked if they played for mon wi
never heard so much Chinese Sc
at one time in my life and 1t an
-ident that they did. San Fran fr(
s surely a wonderful place ana
d to leave it when the time CTS
o move on. COZ
next sojourn was the Yosemite
We left San Francisco at sn
in the evening and Teached ha