May, 19-Jl 



G I. K A KINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



309 



Happy Hours in California — Continued from p. 285. 



view. They said: "Surely you are not go- 

 ing to leave this region until after 'Blos- 

 som Day.' People come from all parts of 

 the country to see blossom time in the 

 Santa Clara Valley." Unfortunately a 

 business man's plans are not flexible enough 

 to take in all the "blossom days" and 

 other delightful occasions which his wife 

 might enjoy; but there were enough of the 

 prune trees in bloom to help us imagine 

 what the broad valley and surrounding foot- 

 hills must be like, clothed in the fragrant 

 white of the fruit bloom, with the back- 

 ground of purple mountains. 



DOWN in southern California a nice 

 brother-in-law took us for more long- 

 drives thru the orange groves, beau- 

 tiful towns, mountains, canyons, valleys, 

 and beaches. Perhaps one of the most 

 beautiful drives in that region is from the 

 beach near Santa Monica thru Topango 

 Canyon up to the heights overlooking the 

 San Fernando Valley. On such a ride I 

 always think gratefully of the vision into 

 the future which the Californians must 

 have had to make such beauty spots so ac- 

 cessible with perfect roads. The road winds 

 up from the floor of the canyon, enclosed 

 by steep hills on either side, with a deep 

 mountain brook sometimes on one side of 

 the road, sometimes on the other, as we 

 crossed bridges. At one point we stopped 

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