6/13/24
Beck Family Vacation: Day Five in the Alps/Dolomites.Today we drove an hour through snow covered mountains:
We were singing “Walking in a Winter Wonderland”!:
The views along the drive were amazing:
We made it to the trail head in the Ampezzo Dolomites Regional Nature Park on the Fanes Waterfalls Trail:
Off to see a waterfall:
The raging water below the mountains:
Right along the trail:
We got a sneak peek at the waterfall from a distance:
We hiked a little further to another overlook:
We hiked down a steep trail for some additional views
We made it down:
So pretty! Lizzy and Dad hiked on for some closer views. Can you see Lizzy and Dad exploring?:
Dad and Lizzy got even more adventurous and hiked along a ledge that had a cable to hold onto for a portion so they wouldn’t fall off!:
They are brave!:
They got this pic while on the ledge:
Mom and Rachel stayed up top taking pictures and enjoying the view:
Going up switchbacks were a lot less scary than going down them:
Lizzy made it to the top first:
The views along the trail were beautiful!!:
Pretty wildlife too:
We stopped by the river for a rest break:
And to do some exploring:
The water is incredibly clear and was rushing fast:
There were cattle wandering throughout the nature park and they were all wearing cowbells. We could hear the bells ringing as we came down the trail:
This pretty cow headed right for us. My family laughed at me because I sorta ran from her:
More cow friends:
At this point we took a different route back to the car to enjoy the water a little more:
We had a few steep climbs:
End of trail pic. Excellent hike indeed!:
We left our previous AirBnb and had to finish our drive to Auronzo, Italy for our next AirBnb location:
Mountains everywhere:
Our Airbnb host spoke very little English but we used a translation app. to communicate. He was very friendly:
Our last Airbnb in Italy. Overlooking the Santa Caterina Reservoir.
Lizzy and Rachel’s room:
Mom and Dad’s room had skylights that actually open up:
Time to go for a walk around Auronzo, Italy:
Gelato!
We took the path back around the reservoir:
It’s so pretty here!
Almost back to the Airbnb:
Dinner! A calzone for Dad:
Pizza for us:
Mom had delicious gnocchi:
A truly awesome day!