Show I I up 00 I Splendid Vie V i ie e wi w Obtained Fro F Fr r o m Mt Ben LamondI Lomond Lamond I Bi Bs 0 If n BYBEe The Tho Bo 5 Scouts of or the Ogden council hiked to the top of oC tho the grand granel old Mt MI Ben Den Lomond Thursday June Jun 19 1 The early morning l hour lour hour our ga gaie e little promise ot of a a successful hike dark heavy clouds hung over oer camp rain had fallen tallen during the night and occa- occa occa occasional showers drummed their tunes on the th S Sout Scout out tents No sun could be seen and In all it seemed cr the tho beginning of ot a gloomy da day Hoe er allas all was sea ready bright and and after a good rood warm all were in line IIno and led by Executive e S D Young started on the tho hike Our trail me through glade and glen flen over hill hll and groves proves of or Douglas fir quaking aspen apen lan lance lanco e cot cot- cottonwood cottonwood cot and mountain ash High High- Higher Hith Hither er and higher through of at laurel and boxwood and every every- everywhere where here from hilltop to vale sale ale a wild wild- wilderness wilderness wild wilderness erness of or lovel lovely mountain wildflowers lid fio ers gentians gc col- col columbine col columbine a anti and antia anda anda a of ot others Onward Onard and up d the tho happ Scouts tOllo followed ed their guide leav- leav leavIng leav Ing the tho tooth foothills Ills and greatbanks tar far behind and now oh boy great banks of oC snow sno's on whose cry ery edge the daffodils were sere a and dancing In the mountain bleeze Still the th clouds cloud an per per- persisted per persisted and at times could see only a few Cew rods into Inlo the dense mist which poured over the low low- lowering tow ow- ow ering peaks like a mighty Niagara At last the th summit was as sas leached Flost covered the boughs ot QC the Juniper and the timber pine Not Nota Nota a bo boy could see his hi native nathe town I Not even the tho face tace of or the sun could be seen so dense dens as wa the th fog I Lo a rift In the clouds re re lIed a heaven n ot of blue and suddenly as asIt I if IC by magic the great grest tog fog curtains I lifted high Into the vaulted skies and were dissolved Int Into nothing nothing- nothingness nothingness nothingness ness by the th golden rals ra s ot of the th sun revealing before our C eves oes es the Great Salt lake lak In 10 all Its Ite It tran- tran tranQUil tran tranquil quil quit beauty and loveliness Vii Vil- Village Vil lage Village and to town n alike sele el 0 bathed In elet nal sunshine To the east sore ere heaped great banks bank of at cu- cu cumulus Cumulus cu cumulus clouds and just beneath our feet Ceet to the th east fast over the tho th aile ourI s sv I v a summer shower Far Farto Farto to the th west ne w e could see seo ee the hills of oC Nevada north the valleys In Idaho and eastward over the cloud banked hill we no caught glimpses ot of Wyoming There Tl for tor i a few tew short hours we reI beauties reveled reeled In the entrancing beau beau- beauties beau beauties ties of or the great creator and then retraced our steps to camp games eats campfire and rest |