What to see in America . where everykind of water cure may be taken. The temperature of thesulphur spring that supplies the bathhouse is one hundredand seven degrees. A little farther south, at San Luis Obispo, is another of theold Missions. In the garden-court of the Mission, guardedby a white-pillared portico and the cupola-spire of thechurch, are gnarled grapevines and an enormous palm. SanLuis is connected by railroad with Port Harford, near w^hichis Pizmo Beach, an ex- _________,,__„________ traordinary floor of hard- ?™«^^^ ^Mpp packed sand, twenty miles in length. In summer this beach i
What to see in America . where everykind of water cure may be taken. The temperature of thesulphur spring that supplies the bathhouse is one hundredand seven degrees. A little farther south, at San Luis Obispo, is another of theold Missions. In the garden-court of the Mission, guardedby a white-pillared portico and the cupola-spire of thechurch, are gnarled grapevines and an enormous palm. SanLuis is connected by railroad with Port Harford, near w^hichis Pizmo Beach, an ex- _________,,__„________ traordinary floor of hard- ?™«^^^ ^Mpp packed sand, twenty miles in length. In summer this beach is thronged with people who dwell for the most part in neighboring tents and cottages. Over the firm shining strand many fast motor races are run. Charming Santa Bar-bara, once the dwellingplace of Spanish aris-tocracy, has retained acharacter of its ownwhich distinguishes itfrom all other Californiatourists haunts. In itsbyways are houses whichstood there when a finehorse to ride, plenty of The overhang, Half Dome. 476 What to See in America beef and frijoles to eat, and cigarros to smoke, tokened thelocal Spaniards gauge of bliss. Whole days were spent onhorseback, visiting taverns, and galloping from host to was an Indian village here when the Spaniards camein 1782 and established a garrison. Four years later theIndians were put to work as masons and carpenters to builda Mission. The present thick-walled, Moorish-toweredmonastery, which was erected not long afterward, still re-sounds with the intoningof the monks, and is thebest conserved and mostvisited of all the Missionedifices. Many are thedelectable rides, walks,and sails to be had aboutSanta Barbara. Thetwelve-mile MountainDrive which circles thehills of Montecito is thetraditional Saturdayafternoon promenade ofall the town. Directlyoff the coast about a scoreof miles is a series ofislands. One of theseislands is Ahacapa, theattractions of whoserocky broken heap areits steep cliffs, and thewonderful weed
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