cino and Humboldt Counties. Of course, good fishing is to be had almost 

 anywhere one tries, while Monterey Bay is famous for big salmon catches, 

 and trolling for tuna is a sport by itself at Santa Catalina. Finally the 

 simple nature-lover gets his fill of the good things of nature at almost any- 

 one of California's seaside resorts. The opportunities for swimming are 

 unsurpassed, whether one favors the surf and big combers or bathing in the 

 quieter waters of a sheltered nook. Then, there are the walks. The ex- 

 hilaration, the charitable glow, the feeling of elation that comes from a 

 tramp through Marin County around Bolinas Ridge over to Willows Camp 

 is unmatchable. Yet walks of this kind may be had from Carmel to Point 

 Sur or from Santa Barbara back to El Combre, or almost anywhere in this 

 State within sound of the booming surf. In fact opportunities for every 

 sort of open-air enjoyment are offered in different California seaside re- 

 sorts and no pleasure seeker need turn away because the conditions he 

 imposes are unfulfilled. 



Although California has these wonderful seaside resorts in great num- 

 bers, they will undoubtedly increase in number and size without encroach- 

 ment upon the other wonderful resorts this virtually inexhaustible State 

 possesses. Summer and winter the visitors to mountain and valley re- 

 treats grow more numerous, because the allurement is becoming more 

 generally known and felt. With this spreading of information as to what 

 invitation California extends in the vacation seasons, will come also the 

 development of her coast retreats. Surely, then, will California's seaside 

 resorts rival those now most dearly cherished in other quarters of the globe. 



Camping in California. 



HAROLD O. CUnniNQS 



WHO has not felt the yearning for the free and open life of the red 

 man, with his untrammeled wanderings by day and his dreamless 

 sleep under tepee or before the glowing fire by night? 

 There is a turning to Nature that comes to all of us just at the 

 time when the buds of the trees are swelling, and the little grass 

 roots are stirring; when the birds begin to have the restless feeling 

 of migration; when the streams are singing and when the road is calling. 

 Man's thoughts turn then to the woods and fields. Perhaps it is the taint 

 of his savage blood, not yet eradicated since the days when his ancestors 

 lived under the trees and in caves and holes in the rocks. Whatever may be 

 the cause, we all feel the drawing toward the open at some time during the 

 year, and he is a poor Californian, indeed, who does not respond, for here 

 we have the most glorious opportunities for camping ever vouchsafed to 

 humanity. 



Above all else, she offers her magnificent climate, which makes camp 

 life a Joy from one end of the season to the other, because there need never 

 come a fear of rain or untoward storm to mar the pleasure of existence all 

 through the long summer months, from May until late in October. That Is 

 one of the prime essentials to perfect camp life, for sometimes even a tent 

 is too much to have between one and the clear sky above, and many a 

 happy camping trip has been taken in California in which the entire im- 

 pedimenta consisted of a frying pan and coffee pot, with a tin cup as a 

 luxury and a pair of blankets for appearance sake. 



It may be said without fear of successful contradiction that there are 

 more people living in California who know how to camp than in any equal 

 territory elsewhere. The reason is plain for this condition. The people of 

 California have been at it so long that they have learned what not to take 

 with them when they go to the woods and mountains or to the seaside for 

 their vacations. The beginner always wants to carry his home luxuries 

 with him, while the old stager wants to leave them all behind. Between 

 these two there is a happy mean where the camper takes just what is nec- 



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