Californian trails, intimate guide to the old missions; the story of the California missions . n Mateo, only three miles further along, which on abanner of bunting stretched across the road boasts thecharms of its magnificent hotel. The impressive mag-nitude of the main lobby with oaken walls embellishedwith hand-carved ornamentation. But this is California, remember. Soon comes Burlingame, the summer home of fash-ionable San Francisco, the stage for the frolics of themodern friars. That Is the Burlingame off the highway,where the roads zig-zag and cris-cross at every angle,leaving coy little
Californian trails, intimate guide to the old missions; the story of the California missions . n Mateo, only three miles further along, which on abanner of bunting stretched across the road boasts thecharms of its magnificent hotel. The impressive mag-nitude of the main lobby with oaken walls embellishedwith hand-carved ornamentation. But this is California, remember. Soon comes Burlingame, the summer home of fash-ionable San Francisco, the stage for the frolics of themodern friars. That Is the Burlingame off the highway,where the roads zig-zag and cris-cross at every angle,leaving coy little houses tucked away in roadside cornersto give friendly greeting—though there are many bigones planted on distant lawns in somewhat scornfulisolation—^but big or little, all smothered in flowers withso resultant a warmth of color that it draws the sting ofthe scornful and makes more friendly the greeting of thewayslder. Quite different this from the Atlantic Coast, wherethe country in summer Is sought by city dwellers In searchof coolness. Here the San Franciscans leave their city .5ft-. IHK MISSION OF TO-DAY CALIFORNIAN TRAILS, INTIMATE GUIDE TO THE OLD MISSIONS 215 In summer for the sake of the bright warm sunshine thatbathes the countryside. Only twenty miles of roadway,without bump or jump, takes one well away from thecold winds and the damp fogs that much of the summercrawl In scarves among the hundred hills of the city ofSaint Francis. A bustling city covers the spot where Ortega and hiscomrades stood looking over an arid waste towards thesmiling waters of the bay beyond. It is a gay city ofairy inconsequence that now lies along the muddyshallows. But it is the home of the mission Dolores. DOLORES The Bay of San Francisco and the site upon which thepresent city Is built were discovered in 1769 by JoseOrtega, Sergeant of the Portola Expedition in search ofMonterey. Failing to find Monterey, as they supposed,the explorers pushed further North, to the eventual di
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