68.20/21 Andorra: Grand Valira Slopes, El Tarter: 2 hikes of enjoyable punishment, 5 weeks apart to the day.
Some color in the early stages...where there's still some oxygen. 5 weeks later, the bright color was gone. Destination to be reached, hopefully, 2,500 feet from beginning. Off she goes...strong and confident...nice thought. The commencement point is a little less than nine hundred feet below the buildings (an upper ski station) in view. Soon after commencement, we enjoy the cool air and early morning sunlight. The energetic 'bunny' plods on...the story of our lives: 2 plodders...for which we are extremely grateful. From the top, we observe a bearded vulture taking off. The 'birds and bees' as well as cattle pointing out that age is not an issue; desire is similar to that of their human counterparts. This took place on our second hike; obviously they were comfortable in our presence by that stage. Looks like quite a steep slope. The good news is that it becomes steeper. On the second occasion, we found ourselves on the wrong side of a fenc...