promised pics

here is part two of the camping trip. i am ready to pack it up and go again!











jon did not know he was in this pic... haha. top right: bad lighting... that is the water pump where we pumped our arms off to get way a sorry excurse for clean water. we had water purification tablets, but i think i would have rather stuck them in the river. it was quite cloudy and spiked with some chunks every now and then, ya know to make it interesting.

bottom left: this pic of jon climbing does not do his effort justice. this was a very hard trail.
bottom right: i think we walked over a thousand of these little bridges. i was always excited to see one.


i like these parts of the trail. i am not a fan of the deep woods where you cannot see for miles and let the sun shine all around. this trail was mostly deep woods... that was my least favorite part.















this is a mushroom lovers trail for sure. i have never seen such awesome mushrooms. i became a little obsessed on the way back... making sure to capture them all for your enjoyment! the top one was huge! i tried to scale the size by the leaf, but i will clarify anyway. it was the size of my hand, with fingers spread out! yee haw!!! the rest of them were small but interesting none the less!

















we sat for a time out with only 2 miles to go. i managed to lure this lovely bug to climb on to my shirt. i can assure you this bug does not have a sense of smell. otherwise, he would not be near me after 12 miles, 2 days and no shower. i think he is quite attractive, so i made jon model him for the pic... haha!



thats a wrap.

e l i z a b e t h

p.s. i had lots of trouble getting the text and pictures aligned. they are taking on a position of their own after i publish the blog, so it is out of my hands.