play awhile & walked back by the river all the way, down the river road.
Had a nice late supper.
July 4 Sun.
Got up early - a gorgeous day - ate breakfast, packed luncheon & took the
9:10 Erie train
to Mt. Morris. Mary
Dickens too. We arrived at 10:30 and found a surrey & two horses
& a sandy haired man waiting (I'd ordered it) and started right off on our
long drive - up hills &c. out of Mt. Morris, out the
Nunda road to the forks & then out the
Portage road - up high on the top of things - past lovely
farms - many of them tenantless (belonging to Wadsworth's other
large estates) and after a long time turned to the right and started down a
lovely road to the river. It was very steep (like
"Black guards" in
[illegible]) and we got out & walked & let the carriage wait at the
bottom. It was beautiful. I snapped the girls' pictures part way down & a
little farther the lovely hills on the opposite bank. We crossed at a tiny
settlement called "St. Helena" (not much but a bridge) & then
turned to the left & climbed again thro' beauteous grass grown ruts & lovely
trees & things. About one we came into a little grove & found ourselves
on the very top of some "high banks" above the river and "Devil's
table" a queer formation & looking down upon the slippery mouth
of Wolf Creek far below us - a must beauteous dining room - and here we
ate our delicious lunch.
7/3/09
play awhile & walked back by the river all the way, down the river road.
Had a nice late supper.
July 4 Sun.
Got up early - a gorgeous day - ate breakfast, packed luncheon & took the
9:10 Erie train
to Mt. Morris. Mary
Dickens too. We arrived at 10:30 and found a surrey & two horses
& a sandy haired man waiting (I'd ordered it) and started right off on our
long drive - up hills &c. out of Mt. Morris, out the
Nunda road to the forks & then out the
Portage road - up high on the top of things - past lovely
farms - many of them tenantless (belonging to Wadsworth's other
large estates) and after a long time turned to the right and started down a
lovely road to the river. It was very steep (like
"Black guards" in
[illegible]) and we got out & walked & let the carriage wait at the
bottom. It was beautiful. I snapped the girls' pictures part way down & a
little farther the lovely hills on the opposite bank. We crossed at a tiny
settlement called "St. Helena" (not much but a bridge) & then
turned to the left & climbed again thro' beauteous grass grown ruts & lovely
trees & things. About one we came into a little grove & found ourselves
on the very top of some "high banks" above the river and "Devil's
table" a queer formation & looking down upon the slippery mouth
of Wolf Creek far below us - a must beauteous dining room - and here we
ate our delicious lunch.
7/3/09
play awhile & walked back by the river all the way, down the river road.
Had a nice late supper.
July 4 Sun.
Got up early - a gorgeous day - ate breakfast, packed luncheon & took the
9:10 Erie train
to Mt. Morris. Mary
Dickens too. We arrived at 10:30 and found a surrey & two horses
& a sandy haired man waiting (I'd ordered it) and started right off on our
long drive - up hills &c. out of Mt. Morris, out the
Nunda road to the forks & then out the
Portage road - up high on the top of things - past lovely
farms - many of them tenantless (belonging to Wadsworth's other
large estates) and after a long time turned to the right and started down a
lovely road to the river. It was very steep (like
"Black guards" in
[illegible]) and we got out & walked & let the carriage wait at the
bottom. It was beautiful. I snapped the girls' pictures part way down & a
little farther the lovely hills on the opposite bank. We crossed at a tiny
settlement called "St. Helena" (not much but a bridge) & then
turned to the left & climbed again thro' beauteous grass grown ruts & lovely
trees & things. About one we came into a little grove & found ourselves
on the very top of some "high banks" above the river and "Devil's
table" a queer formation & looking down upon the slippery mouth
of Wolf Creek far below us - a must beauteous dining room - and here we
ate our delicious lunch.
