Show 1 Great r Visitors 54 4 Heights Impress P 4 At Yosemite and Sequoia Parks sIc aC r Q N 1 a r tN l lany any r M. M a. a A f s a s Q N L 4 3 sr ti r rd d- d 1 the Yosemite Yo Valley fancy or National Forest greet visitors to lo and vast 1st ast vistas of landscape Dizzy heights br Theres There's e's es Yosemite Cl El Capitan at 1 1 the th e left Idt Yosemite Falls In center its drop of 1700 feet fret mirrored by the lake below and the giant sequoias of California Call at the right By Dr XEA NEA Service AN FRANCISCO July 9 The The en entire en- en entire SAN S tire length of California Is a stretch of parks and national for for- forests forests forests ests that can keep the tourist In one constant maze of bewilderment There are dizzy heights of moun moun- mountains mountains mountains and trees such stich as the easterner J doesn't behold There are arc ast vast 1 stretches of thick forest and great plains There are arc deep blue lakes Jakes high In the recesses of the mountain ranges and there are arc historic mis mis- missions missions afons that remind visitors of the ro romantic ro- ro romantic mantic mantle past of this country Coming westward along the Lin Lin- Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln coln or the Victory Highway the tourist finds It profitable to detour from the main road at Truckee a lit little littie tie tle west of Reno and enter a mag maze magnificent magnificent mountain country Into Yosemite valley The road here winds around Lake Tahoe and passes passe through Tioga Pass Pass and and over ever the Tuo- Tuo Tuolumne Tuolumne Tuolumne Meadows to one of the great great- greatest greatest greatest est parks In the country FOUR GATEWAYS A new year all highway penetrates the lower Sierra by grades that most cars take on high It leads back rock 1 from Yosemite to the concrete north and south highway that runs be- be between tween Sacramento and Los Angeles Another way of reaching this forest Is from Merced by way of the thc Wawona road but it is a steeper climb than any of three other en entrances en- en entrances entrances trances to this valley The Thc Big Elg Oak Flat road for Instance leaves the thc state highway at Stockton or Modes Modes- Modesto to and passes pas cs the historic mining town of Sonora and the Helen water works which San Fran Fran- Francisco Francisco Francisco cisco Is 15 building in the Sierra The Wawona V road itself detours from the year all highway near Mari Mari- Mariposa Mariposa posa and passes two magnificent groves gro of giant sequoia on its way to Inspiration Point and the valley floor MUCH WILDERNESS ESS LEFT For lovers lers l ers of solitude there Is plenty plent of wild mountain country left Yosemite t alley valley ers covers eight square miles mUes It It Is but b t the tiny center of national la-national park 1140 square miles in extent and aed in lri half an hour of hiking hikIng hiking ing motoring or riding the crowd can be left lor scenery grand grand- grander grandl er cr than the valley floor can offer A hundred miles or so to the south arc are National forest fore t and its little neighbor nel General Grant Na Na Na- National National park Here again we reach vastness this time in the trees tree that thicken the landscape OX ON PLATEAU PLATE Thousands of the giant grow here covering cring a mountain pla pla- plateau plateau plateau feet e abo sea le el You Yoi Youcan Youcan can ride or walk among them all al' alda allday allday da day surrounded by trunks of a deep red color that reach a diameter of 36 feet and tower from to al almost al- al almost almost most feet Into the sky sk Visalia and Fresno are the start- start startIng startIng starting Ing points from the state highway for Sequins and General Grant parks Yet you jou ou can easily leave San Fran Fran- Francisco Francisco cisco or Los Angeles after breakfast and dine that evening e at Giant Forest For For- Forest Forest est In the heart of park |