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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



THE KINGS RIVER OUTING OF 1910. 



By R. L. Glisan. 



The Yosemite National Park Outing of 1909 proved 

 so interesting and enjoyable that I was anxious to visit 

 the Kings River region to the south, and thus secure 

 the cream of the Sierra scenery. 



On the afternoon of Wednesday, June 30, 19 10, the 

 San Francisco party took Pullman sleepers for Lemon 

 Cove, the end of rail communication. The train came to 

 a most impressive stop some time after midnight, and 

 half awake, tumbling into tramping costume, we ventured 

 out where dim figures lurking in deep shadows suggested 

 a possible holdup. 



A familiar voice from the gloom directed my attention 

 to a four-horse stage and, as I scrambled up, the im- 

 patient horses plunged forward. It was a weird ride as 

 we drove through the night in the direction of the Star 

 in the East, groves and fields were barely distinguishable 

 as we passed, and soon we took the grade winding up 

 the cool cafion, the horses straining at the collar as 

 though they knew what was in store for them if once 

 the sun came out with its relentless rays. Before the 

 day was over we realized the wisdom of an early start. 

 A few clever suggestions as to short cuts from the driver, 

 emphasized by the pathetic condition of the steeds, per- 

 suaded many to walk ahead, and before noon we reached 

 Juanita Ranch, at the head of a small valley, where, 

 fanned by a delightful breeze under wide-spreading oaks, 

 we watched the stages come toiling in. This was the 

 largest invading army the natives had ever seen, with 

 more to follow, for the Los Angeles contingent were 

 held back for several days, the stages and pack-trains 

 being inadequate to take care of all at once. 



