Over All Was The Glorious
Sunshine That Made The Whole Grand Scene Glisten And Sparkle Like
Fairyland.
And that day was the twenty-sixth of August!
It was wretchedly cold, and our heaviest wraps seemed thin and light.
Lottie gave us a nice hot breakfast, and after that things looked much
more cheerful. By noon most of the snow had disappeared, and after an
early luncheon we came on to these dry, piney woods, that claim an
elevation of nine thousand feet. The rarefied air affects people so
differently. Some breathe laboriously and have great difficulty in
walking at all, while to others it is most exhilarating, and gives
them strength to walk great distances. Fortunately, our whole party is
of the latter class.
Yesterday morning early we all started for a tramp down the canon. I
do not mean that we were in the canon by the river, for that would
have been impossible, but that we went along the path that runs close
to the edge of the high cliff. We carried our luncheon with us, so
there was no necessity for haste, and every now and then we sat upon
the thick carpet of pine needles to rest, and also study the marvelous
coloring of the cliffs across the river. The walls of the canon are
very high and very steep - in many places perpendicular - and their
strata of brilliant colors are a marvel to everyone. It was a day to
be remembered, and no one seemed to mind being a little tired when we
returned late in the afternoon.
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