Scenic Excursions 

 Arbolado, and Slate's Springs, some fifty miles. 

 Many summer camps and hotels offer accommoda- 

 tions along this route. Hotels: Hotel Del Monte 

 (American plan, $5.00 up) ; Hotel Monterey (Ameri- 

 can plan, $2.50 up) ; Pacific Grove Hotel (American 

 plan, $2.50). Salinas: Hotel Abbott (American plan, 

 $2.50) ; Barden Hotel (American plan, $2.50) ; Jeffry 

 Hotel (American plan, $1.50). 



The Vancouver Pinnacles, San Benito County. 

 By Southern Pacific, Third and Townsend Station, 

 San Francisco, for Tres Pinos, via San Jose and 

 Hollister. Half day stage ride from Tres Pinos to 

 Cook. One day should be spent at the Pinnacles, 

 returning to San Francisco on the third day. Cost, 

 round trip to Tres Pinos, $5.60. Stage fare round 

 trip, $3.00. Special arrangements may be made for 

 lodging, meals and guide at Cook. These Pinnacles 

 are in the heart of the Coast Range Mountains, 125 

 miles south of San Francisco. Formed of volcanic 

 rocks, they are grouped and isolated in fantastic 

 shapes and with beautiful colorings, and rise to 

 heights of many hundred feet. Among them are El 

 Machette, or Knife Blade Rock, Pallisade Rock, and 

 Jordan's Amphitheatre. 



The Yosemite National Park may be reached 

 directly from San Francisco by either the Southern 

 Pacific or Santa Fe lines, connecting at Merced with 

 the Yosemite Valley Railway. The trip from El 

 Portal, the terminus of the railway, into the valley 

 (14 miles) is made by auto stage. Round trip from 

 San Francisco, including auto stage fare, $22.35. 



The Yosemite Valley may also be reached as a 

 side trip from the Valley lines of either the Santa 

 Fe or the Southern Pacific, by transferring at Merced. 

 The additional round trip fare from Merced to the 

 Valley and return is $18.50; and to the Wawona 

 Big Tree Grove, $33.50; if by way of Glacier Point, 

 $37.50. All first-class tickets carry a ten-day stop- 

 over at Merced for Yosemite National Park. 



The Indians called the Yosemite Valley the 

 "Heart of the Sky Mountains," and referred to them- 

 selves as the "(Children of Light." Hence the late 

 John Muir has renamed the Sierra Nevada, the 

 "Range of Light." 



First day. Arrive Yosemite, by auto-stage at 9:30 

 in the morning. The round trip over the floor of 

 the valley is quite easily made before evening. 



Second day. Visit the Happy Isles, thence to 

 Vernal and Nevada falls, a half-day trip, with the 

 afternoon for resting or for little wanderings to the 

 foot of Yosemite Falls and about the floor of the 

 valley. 



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