in the southern part of California, as right at its door lies the greatest celery 

 fields in the world, while thousands of acres of the best corn, beet, and 

 grain land in the country are within easy distance of Huntington Beach 

 as a distributing point. Huntington Beach was the first town in Orange 

 County to have electric car service, and with the coming of the electric 

 road the town sprang into being with such marvelous rapidity as to surprise 

 even its promoters, who had predicted great things for the new seaside city. 



ABOUT THE GOLDEN GATE 



WALTER J. KENYON 



WHILE the city dwellers of San Francisco and the transbay towns 

 look to the California mountains for their vacation outings, it is 

 just as true that a large interior population makes its regular 

 summer pilgrimage to the bay cities and the vicinity of the Golden 

 Gate for relaxation and a change of air and scene. San Fran- 

 ciscans take their surroundings in a very matter of fact way and seldom 

 pause to reflect that they are within cannon-shot of half a dozen watering- 

 places of no mean order. First to be mentioned Is our own Cliff House 

 beach, actually within the city limits. Here is a magnificent sweep of 

 several miles of hard, smooth ocean sand, with the prodigious breakers 

 of the Pacific roaring on one hand and the superb boulevards of Golden 

 Gate Park system on the other. At the southern limit of this prospect 

 the sharp profile of Mussel Rock juts abruptly into the sea, and northward 

 the cliffs, with the Cliff House dominating their westward projection, 

 provide as sharply marked a limit. This natural pleasure-ground vies 

 with Golden Gate Park itself In the affections of the city's people, thousands 

 of whom may be seen daily sprawled in the warm sand, basking in the 

 California sunshine, and inhaling the fragrance of the sea. And among 

 them, if an impromptu census were to be taken, would be found many 

 wayfarers who hailed from the ends of the earth, and who tarried there 

 for an hour's space to build memory pictures that will never fade. How 

 few indeed realize that this magnificent seaside wild, with the gulls scream- 

 ing in air and plumed quail scuttling across the boulevards, is actually 

 within the corporate limits of one of America's great cities! And to add 

 the final touch to this scarce tamed wilderness, there is the colony of 

 seals, weirdly barking on the spray-laden sea wind, as they labor clumsily 

 over the Seal Rocks. 



For the lover of Nature In her more secluded moods the Point Lobos 

 rocks and Baker's Beach offer even greater attractions. Here for miles 

 are narrow trails cut in the face of the cliffs, from every point commanding 

 a panorama of sea and strait and crag that stands positively without rival 

 in the accessible world for charm of its appeal. 



Beyond the Golden Gate and some miles northward of the heads is 

 Bolinas Beach, destined one day to be famous among the world's resorts. 

 At present it is deliciously secluded from the madding crowd by lack of 

 other transportation than stage, from Sausalito or San Rafael. The dis- 

 cerning who take such a route, or drive in private conveyance, are well 

 rewarded. The long sweep of beach is unusually broad and hard, and 

 glistening smooth. A plunge in the glorious surf of "blue Bolinas Bay" 

 is a pleasure never to be forgotten. And then the evening campfire of 

 driftwood, with steaming pans and pots, and song and story, a quiet 

 smoke, a last turn beside the phosphorescent surf, and then to bed. Bolinas 

 Beach is about nine miles by road from San Rafael, and has accommoda- 

 tions to answer every taste. There is a comfortable hotel for the pampered, 

 and camping facilities for those who like a closer touch with Nature. 



