6/11/23
Beck Family Vacation: Italy! Day Three in the Alps/Dolomites.
Today we drove a half hour to our hike in Puez-Odle Nature Park near Antermoia, Italy. There was rain in the forecast so we got somewhat of an early start. At the trail head and ready to hike:
It started off on the chilly side but not raining. We made some rabbit friends right from the start:
More rabbits this way!:
This way:
Awe!!
Beautiful views are calling us away from the cute bunnies:
Rachel saves her Lizzy from…well nothing really:
Wow!:
What animal could have possibly made this track!?:
Obviously this is going to be a beautiful hike!:
A crime scene of sorts:
Again, the views along the trail are so beautiful.
The girls flying the coop:
These flowers are along the sides of the trail:
Still a bit foggy but no rain yet:
We found snow!
Snowball fight!
Get’m Lizzy!:
Relaxing at a crest along the way:
Up high on the mountain:
Rest break for Lizzy. What a great sister Rachel is to carry her up the mountain!
There are restaurants along the way!:
Enjoying the amazing views!:
Time for the final steep climb before the summit:
Almost at the top:
Lizzy made it to the top first:
Listening to music to get her to the top:
Mom and Dad made it too:
A cool sculpture at the summit:
And these:
Awesome summit views:
Resting before the descent:
It started raining and then HAILING!!
They started off tiny pebble size and got just a little bit bigger:
The hail stopped and it continued to drizzle but we kept on going. We also saw goats, cows and small mammals we couldn’t identify:
The Spring wildflowers are so pretty:
A little wet, but it was an excellent hike!
We had another awesome day hiking in the Dolomites!