Hike--That made us all CRY!!!

What a hike!! It started out so well, we first went up to this sign a month ago and thought that it was telling us not to go through the gate. So, we took this picture and had it translated--it says that we should watch out for falling rock! Not a big deal--have you seen the stairs.

The morning started out great, we did stairs for an hour and 15 but we were prepared for that and then we knew that we had a slow downhill walk for about 2 hours. After that we were going to cross the creek--up to our knees and then catch a gypsy taxi back to our vehicle. All went well and then....

The view from the top of the stairs--nice smog, eh!! The coal burners haven't even started--this is clean air!!!
The river is down there between us and that road and the ride back to our car!!!

We got to the bottom, a litte tired and very warm--it was about 30 degrees. A big problem though, the city decided to open up the dam and the creek turned into a small river and there was no way that we could cross it. We tried for about 45 minutes and there was no way. We finally had to make the decision to walk back soon before it got too late. We left just before 4:00 pm and we got back to our vehicle just before 7:00. It was not enjoyable and we were so tired. Kyla and Cody were such troopers--did I tell you that we were really low on water too. What a day but the next couple of days were not too enjoyable either. We were so stiff from doing the stairs for atleast 3 days--I am not bragging about that!!