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where our rail journey is resumed to Fresno, if we are to 

 visit the General Grant National Park, or to Visalia, if 

 we are to visit the Sequoia National Park. 



The General Grant National Park, which has an area 

 of but four square miles, was created to preserve the cele- 

 brated General Grant tree, which is the second largest 

 living thing in the world. The Sequoia National Park 

 is the big tree Park. There are 12,000 trees over 10 feet 

 in diameter, some are 25 feet to 36 feet in diameter. 

 The General Sherman, the largest and oldest living thing 

 in the world, is 36.5 feet in diameter, 102.8 feet in cir- 

 cumference, and 279.9 feet in height. Stages operate be- 

 tween Fresno and the General Grant Park and from Vi- 

 salia to the Giant Forest in the Sequoia National Park 

 during the Park seasons, which are from May 24 to 

 October 10. 



North and east of these Parks lies the wonderful area 

 which it is proposed to reserve as- the Roosevelt-Sequoia 



is the highest elevation in the United States proper. Ac- 

 cess to this region is now available by saddle and pack 

 horse from either the General Grant or Sequoia Na- 

 tional Parks. 



Los Angeles and southern California are the natural 



THE SENTINEL IN CRATER LAKE 



The bottom of the lake in most places pitches off at such a steep 

 angle that it is quite possible for the motor-boat to. hug in close 

 to the surrounding rocks and cliffs. This remaining sentinel 

 of a by-gone period is invariably visited by the motor-boat. 



National Park. This is destined to be one of the world's 

 greatest playgrounds. Its three tremendous canyons, the 

 Kings, the Kern, and the Tehipite, are already famous. 

 The eastern boundary will be the crest of the High Si- 

 erra, of which Mount Whitney, 14,501 feet in altitude, 



VERNAL FALLS, YOSEMITE PARK 



This is one of the big scenic features of the famous Park and 

 has been described by many artists and poets with brush and pen. 



habitat of the tourist, and thither we are bound. We may 

 leave Fresno or Visalia in the late evening and the fol- 

 lowing morning will arrive in Los Angeles. If we desire 

 to visit Zion National Park in southwestern Utah we may 

 do so as a side trip from Los Angeles. Leaving Los 

 Angeles on the Salt Lake Route in the morning, we arrive 

 at Lund, Utah, the following morning. From Lund mo- 

 tor stages operate daily during the season from May 15 

 to November 1, to Zion Canyon, a distance of 100 miles. 

 Zion Park is also reached from Salt Lake City via the Salt 

 Lake Route. A combination of the beauties of Yosemite 

 Valley and the Grand Canyon might be used to describe 

 Zion Canyon, which is the principal accessible feature. 

 The cost of the side trip from Lund is $36.50, which 

 includes motor transportation, meals and lodgings, and 

 two nights at the Wylie Camp in the Park. It is possi- 

 ble to include in the side trip the marvelous Bryce Can- 

 yon, which lies in a straight line about 50 miles northeast 

 of Zion. 



Our grand circle tour is nearly finished, although the 

 greatest spectacle is yet to be presented; this is the Grand 

 Canyon National Park in northwestern Arizona. We 

 make our reservations on the Grand Canyon car of the 

 California Limited, the crack train of the Santa Fe 

 Railroad, and, leaving Los Angeles at 11.30 A. M.j we ar- 



