October 19, 2010

the three of us on holidays "seconds"

one more day hiking in the ticino, this time it two valleys over the valle maggia.
we drove all the way back to san carlo. originally we wanted to hike up to robiei and take the cable car down. luckily we quickly stopped by the base station of the cable car and discovered that it doesn't longer operate, "closed for the winter".
anyway we hiked up and enjoyed some spectacular sights and vistas.


there were a few peaks right next to us, and it struck me once more how wonderful mountains are!


a very picturesque alpine summer "town" a few people were still up here, but no animals, they went down a couple of days earlier. it is 1380 müM (meters above sealevel)


we mostly hiked with thea in the "back pack", which works great for us. she is still light just about 23lbs. joel carries her and i carry the food, rain coats and of course the heavy camera...


we stayed at this brook for a long while, just watching, listening, eating lunch and playing with the water, the camera and watching thea climb all the big and small rocks.


i find it very interesting to see the inlaid rocks, the work of shifting mountains! there were many of those and each one looked different. nature is still thrilling and i love how we can enjoy and experience all of it.

1 comment:

Pure Ella said...

Beautiful views and what a great family trip.
Your little one is experiencing so much and she's not even realizing it ;)
xoxo