Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-08-15
BRYAN BOY SEES
FAMOUS LAKE
Writes Interesting Account Of Sights
Seen In New York State to
Home Folks.

west, ! have travelled north, have
Travelled south and have Travelled
over the deep blue sea. but have yet
TO see any scenery like that which
saw last Saturday. | saw more satur-
day than ! have ever seen in one day
or ever hope 10 see In one day again.
! took trip to the famous Lake Mo
honk.' That was my first experience
in climbing the mountains on foot.
Eight OF Us left Saturday morning
at 10 o'clock. We took the ferry
across the Hudson River, there we
caught car for we knew not where.
The trolley twisted and turned and
then turned again around the noun
tains. Finally II shot out into the open
air, and there before our eyes lay the
most wonderful valley scenery that hu.
man being could imagine, in fact, II Is
beyond Imagination. You cannot be-
gin to even have an Idea OF It's beauty
until you have seen Il. Probably II AID
line had been along she could have
given you an idea OF It's beauty, but II
"a beyond me. The car ran 80 fast that
! was tempted to ring the bell and get
off several times. but did not know
what awaited me. Often the car line
would have to 90 two or three miles
around a mountain. We rode in this
manner for fifteen miles and every
turn that the car made would reveal
more OF natures great work. Finally
we came TO the end OF the line, 80 off
we got. Il was then twenty minutes
TO IL o'clock, 80 we went into restau.
rant and ate a small lunch.
After we had satisfied our appetItes,
we proceeded on our journey. We
walked about half a mile through a
woodland and all OF a sudden we open
ed our eyes on one Of the most beau.
tiful spots that had yet seen. We
were all Southern boys and had never
seen anythink like II before. so we all
stood still, opened our mouths and
gazed. We were on top OF a noun
tain and below US was the valley. /
had read and seen lots OF pictures, but
none could even compare with what
lay before US. After we had gazed for
quite a while We proceeded on. We
followed the path and II soon began to
Soul found ourselves down in the open
valley. There on all sides OF Is were
mountains, and II seemed as ihough we
were cooped in on all sides, but we
followed the path and 1t so1n began to
ascend. The mountain which We were
climbing was so steep that 1t was i'm
possible to follow straight line up its
side. We had to go In zigzag, round
about path and we soon found our
selves one thousand feet above where
we had previously stood only few
moments before. We followed our
path and II lead US directly down the
other side OF the mountain, where we
beheld sight even greater In its gran
deur than the one we had just left. We
went down, down. down. When we
were about half way down the side OF
the mountain there right In our path
was a spring Of sparkling ice water. II
was certainly enjoyed by all Of US. as
we were very hot and had not had a
drink Of water for two hours. It
seemed as though the spring had been
put there especially for US. Its wa
ter was as clear as crystal and so
cold that II made our teeth hurt to
drink II.
We Travelled on and on until we be-
held one Of the queerest sights that
II is possible to imagine. We had just
started up small incline, when all OF
a sudden we saw a pond OF water. II
seemed as though its surface was at
an angle of forty-five degrees and thss
II was Just bunch Of water rolling |
down the side Of the hill. II is impos- |
sible for me to describe the thoughts
which ran through our minds. We had
to go up and put our hands in It to |
really believe It was water; II seemed
to be lying at such a funny angle.
We left this, and about hundred |
yards further ON was another spring |
Of ice water. Here we stopped for a
rest and ate some sandwiches which |
we had brought along. We then
climbed another mountain and on
either side Of US was an open valley
and beyond more mountains. We
could see In the distance one mountain
hat seemed to have no top. Our path
cad directly toward that, so We went
IN. Through the field glasses we
,ould see no visible means Of ever
getting on top of It. Our path all of
Iudden made sharp turn and around
he big hill we started, as none of us
lad ever been to where we had started.
We did not knew where the path lead,
tut we followed IT, We came to a lit
lie resting house, and we knew we