Aug 15 Sat.
Bess wanted to go to Lewey today. So
did
Mary & I but it was rather soon after
the picnic for Bob, so we left it to Bob.
the weather. The weather was equal to the occasion & was perfect. Clear & just cool enough & bright &
beautiful. We hustled around, and I took a couple of big pictures (The
Dinsmores & the Dining Room before starting.
"Fan" had made chocolate the night before & kept it hot in
a thermos bottle for the mountaineer
early arrival this a.m. - but we only met them at 10 or
so, when we had started. They shouted a "lovely time" Which was simply
verified afterward. It was almost perfect if one must go - but a long journey
for a view that doesn't compare with Blue. Mr. Pitkin
said he saw 28 lakes there, from the bottom of the tripod. (They claim to see
30 from the top) Not many lakes are visible from Snowy - only waves of forest, as Julia
described it. And they saw the sunrise shinning on the bottom of
the mist below them - or up thro' it! Well, to resume our journey, we really
sailed up to Lewey Bridge with Mary's
skirt, tho' I was nominally rowing,
Bess steered with the paddle and we
certainly, flew part of the way up past
Farrington's for instance. Almost the first thing we saw when we pulled
up
Aug 15 Sat.
Bess wanted to go to Lewey today. So
did
Mary & I but it was rather soon after
the picnic for Bob, so we left it to Bob.
the weather. The weather was equal to the occasion & was perfect. Clear & just cool enough & bright &
beautiful. We hustled around, and I took a couple of big pictures (The
Dinsmores & the Dining Room before starting.
"Fan" had made chocolate the night before & kept it hot in
a thermos bottle for the mountaineer
early arrival this a.m. - but we only met them at 10 or
so, when we had started. They shouted a "lovely time" Which was simply
verified afterward. It was almost perfect if one must go - but a long journey
for a view that doesn't compare with Blue. Mr. Pitkin
said he saw 28 lakes there, from the bottom of the tripod. (They claim to see
30 from the top) Not many lakes are visible from Snowy - only waves of forest, as Julia
described it. And they saw the sunrise shinning on the bottom of
the mist below them - or up thro' it! Well, to resume our journey, we really
sailed up to Lewey Bridge with Mary's
skirt, tho' I was nominally rowing,
Bess steered with the paddle and we
certainly, flew part of the way up past
Farrington's for instance. Almost the first thing we saw when we pulled
up
Aug 15 Sat.
Bess wanted to go to Lewey today. So
did
Mary & I but it was rather soon after
the picnic for Bob, so we left it to Bob.
the weather. The weather was equal to the occasion & was perfect. Clear & just cool enough & bright &
beautiful. We hustled around, and I took a couple of big pictures (The
Dinsmores & the Dining Room before starting.
"Fan" had made chocolate the night before & kept it hot in
a thermos bottle for the mountaineer
early arrival this a.m. - but we only met them at 10 or
so, when we had started. They shouted a "lovely time" Which was simply
verified afterward. It was almost perfect if one must go - but a long journey
for a view that doesn't compare with Blue. Mr. Pitkin
said he saw 28 lakes there, from the bottom of the tripod. (They claim to see
30 from the top) Not many lakes are visible from Snowy - only waves of forest, as Julia
described it. And they saw the sunrise shinning on the bottom of
the mist below them - or up thro' it! Well, to resume our journey, we really
sailed up to Lewey Bridge with Mary's
skirt, tho' I was nominally rowing,
Bess steered with the paddle and we
certainly, flew part of the way up past
Farrington's for instance. Almost the first thing we saw when we pulled
up
