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“It was a ride of nearly thirty miles, and of many hours, one of the most splendid I ever took.”
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Bird remembers the long ride as splendid because distance, physical exertion and the Rocky Mountain landscape combine into an unusually vivid firsthand travel experience.
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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, Letter IX, Project Gutenberg #755. Bird calls the nearly thirty-mile cattle-hunt ride one of the most splendid she ever took and immediately describes galloping, fallen timber, rocky descents, deep rapid streams, elk and mountain scenery. This is nineteenth-century firsthand travel narrative, not present-day route, riding or safety guidance.
