A Hard Day's Night

So, the hike I mentioned in my last post... it was epic. We left the apartment yesterday at 12:15pm and didn't return until 6:15pm. The first three hours were great. We followed some nice gravel paths, stopped for every photo op, had a good lunch, and did some actual hiking. By 3:30 or so, we started to get a feeling that we had walked a little too far. When the trail sign says 5k to the next place, it is a direct measurement, not the length of the trail. At that point, Travis started to worry about the sun setting. I wasn't as concerned as he was, but it wasn't too much later that I also started to worry. Luckily, we spotted a mountain biker who helped us out and lent us her map. We got ourselves back on the gravel path and after Travis asked a couple of other people where the heck we were, two hours later we finally were out of the woods (literally!) We hopped on a bus and made it home a few minutes later.

I am just glad to say we survived! I was less sore this morning than I thought I would be, but I am very tired. Enough with the words, here are some pictures: