We went through some of them, singly
iron beds with springs, nice clean beds
and linen, and they seem to enjoy visit
ing with each other and talking over
old war times. There are about three
thousand of them here and I think they
all ought to be here. The climate issd
nice and they can get out every day:
The electric car from there goes by our
door and every morning lots of them
come.here to the ocean to go in bathing
and fish. They are jolly lot. We
spent all the forenoon going over the
grounds. They have a church, read
ing room and hospital on the grounds,
and every thing as far as we could see
to make them happy and comfortable
in their old age. God bless them, they
deserve it. In the afternoon we drove
up along the ocean. The road follows
the beach for 60 miles with just room
for a team. The mountains come
clear down to the ocean and. a drive
has been cut and blasted out making a
beautiful drive. Some times you are
low enough so the sprays throws up on
you, then you are eight or mnehun
dred feet above it. We drove up until
four o'clock then finding a place' wide
enough we turned around, and came
back, stopping, once in awhile to pick
up shells and kelp or to watch the seals
catch fish. I wished I had a kodac and
could have sent you some views of the
mountains and ocean waves breaking
over the rocks. Every one enjoyed
the day and voted it a red letter in our
lives.
