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CRAWFORD HOUSE
CRAWFORD NOTCH
WHITE MTS.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
September 21 of 1920 (continued).
At 4.30 climbed Mt Willard in 45 minutes
to see the last of the day. Stayed on top until
5.50 and then walked down the mountain in
22 minutes.
It is a wonderful sight from this elevation
to see the night coming on and the fine change
of colors as the sun sets over climb higher
into the skies leaving the earth in darkened
flow of gold. The shadows between the mountains,
are a dark green-blue while above all the peaks
there is a dark zone having a straight horizontal
line. Above the latter come the tints of the rain-bows
gradually shading off into the blue of the sky.
A few fleecy clouds are over head and these
change from a brilliant silvery color to pink.
High in the sky and almost over the center
of the notch stands the half moon with its brilliant
silvery face looking down upon the descending
sun! Farther to the east is the evening star.
When I got to the hotel it was not yet dark
and facing the mountains and fair Luna I