23.20 Faja de Pelay Trail, Odessa National Park, Spain & 23.21 Faja de Racon, the same place but opposite mountains.
As much as we appreciate tended gardens, there's something special about flora in the wild. The colors in the higher reaches of Spain are simply delightful. Both hikes took place in Ordesa y Monte Perdido, a premier national park. Without too much detail, the first hike was nearly fifteen miles long, making it quite a day. The elevation gain, some 2,700 feet, occurred in the first hour and twenty minutes. Effectively, we covered very little distance other than almost vertical climbing, mostly on a cliff face. It was a great start to the hike. There were many additional features including waterfalls, the impressive Pyrenees Mountains surrounding us, streams, rivers and ponds. However, the climb was the climax and it was over long before we completed the hike. You could say at the conclusion, we were 'finished', too. Unfortunately, the 'boy hero, showing 'no limits to his talents', managed to delete most of the photographs from the camera. It was...