What to see in America . ncis-cans take their salt-water plunge whmi theocean in the open istoo chilly. Beneath theglass roof 25,000 per-sons could find roomto bathe or look on, orto stroll in the cheerfulcorridors. Californias favoring climate has fostered the ar-rangement of many outdoor auditoriums in the forest andnear the sea. The most renowned woodland theater is thatin which the Bohemian Club gives its annual Jinks in Augustamong the sequoias near Cazadero, thirty miles north of SanFrancisco. One of the prettiest towns on the bay is Sausalito, thestarting point for the railway which asc
What to see in America . ncis-cans take their salt-water plunge whmi theocean in the open istoo chilly. Beneath theglass roof 25,000 per-sons could find roomto bathe or look on, orto stroll in the cheerfulcorridors. Californias favoring climate has fostered the ar-rangement of many outdoor auditoriums in the forest andnear the sea. The most renowned woodland theater is thatin which the Bohemian Club gives its annual Jinks in Augustamong the sequoias near Cazadero, thirty miles north of SanFrancisco. One of the prettiest towns on the bay is Sausalito, thestarting point for the railway which ascend to Mt. Tamalpais,a Ji^fl^fffTTJc cone that rises 2600 feet above the water. Therailroad has more curves in proportion to its length thanany other ever built. One of its looping intricacies is calledthe Double Bow Knot. A part of the woodland on themountain side is sequoia forest preserved in its primitivestate. Santa Rosa, about forty miles farther north, is thehome of the botanist-magician, Luther Burbank. Just over. Vancouver Pinnacles near Sodedad 468 What to See in America the mountains to the east is Gahstoga, in the vicinity of-which are various resorts where healing waters flow abun-dantly from the volcanic soil. A short drive takes you fromCalistoga to a wonderful petrified forest of oaks and cone-bearing trees, and twenty-six miles distant are the Sonoma County Geysers. Thereare more than one hun-dred of these spoutingsprings, and the earthabout their hissing riftsis hot to the feet. In the far northernpart of the state isthe mighty Mt. Shastawhose snow-crownedsummit rises to a heightof 14,400 feet. The as-cent is not especiallydifficult or the top you find amile-wide crater, 2500feet deep, and steamingsprings among the loosestones. Sometimescavernous rumblingsgive warning that thegrizzly volcano is not dead. Glaciers grind their slow waydown several valleys. Fifty miles south of Shasta, at the meeting point of theCascade Mountains and the Sierra, is L
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