Glendaloch

The highlight of our trip, however, was certainly our day hike through the mountains of Glendaloch. Sadly, however, I think it was one of those trips where the scenery is mind-bogglingly fantastic while you are there, and you realize that it is--but when you get your pictures back, it just doesn't seem nearly as impressive. Happened to me with the Grand Canyon--it's difficult to capture the sense of scale, especially with a shitty camera like the one we own. Anyways, I will attempt to show some of the better pictures anyways.

The weather was remarkably variable...during the course of our hike, it seemed as if the weather changed every 20 minutes or so, ranging from pleasant and sunny to a vicious hailstorm. I really enjoyed the hiking surface--during the ascent, you climb on these wooden blanks which have small nail studs embedded in them which prevents the wood from getting slippery in the rain.

On the way back, we encountered some more ruins, and some very nice rolling streams. Believe it or not, there was brilliant green grass everywhere, but unfortunately my camera didn't capture the color nearly as brilliantly as it was in real life.