Show BYE THORNTON WRITES or OF cALIF california ORsIA TRIP some soma paragraphs of 0 a recent let lct ter from roni byron thornton Thorn tou to liis his par cuts aro are published herewith as of interest to many of our readers bye won second place it in the halt mile race at the big U 1 P meet tn in los loa angeles and his account of 0 bis big trip follows tintic utah july 26 1928 dear dad and bl mother oter just got back from california where w here I 1 went for or the track meet on oil tile 22 and I 1 won and 2nd ad place in ill the halt mile run a fellow from rom the U of U got first so BO I 1 didn dian t do so bad we bure had a good time after the illece we went to venice and spent the afternoon and the next day we ae all went to Oa catalina Oita talina llna island 35 miles on oil a steamship reaching there we took look a glass bottom boat from which we could see the bottom of the ocean fish of all kinds and one Is sure surprised at the plants that grow they are arc sure pretty we took another boat and saw the seals gee I 1 but they are monsters they stayed on the rocks in the edge of the tha we water and let us get within fifty feet of then them about thirty in one bunch i i we vc took a short tour of the island I 1 which is a regular mountain about ithary thary miles wide and I 1 think the y I 1 have all over it 11 there were I 1 2500 people on OIL the boat when allen we went back ho bo you can call imagine its size it is much cooler there thin than chere hero coming across from the island it was really cold riding down and back was vas the worst part of the trip gee the wind from kelso california to illen td 1 nevada was is hot enough to burn born it wits was sure mire sonic some trip I 1 dont know when I 1 enjoyed t I 1 better j 1 dont kilo know when ill be honic home I 1 think ill wait we e get nearer lint but to no telling when that w will be love to all bye PT |