The next morning, we got up, got breakfast, and packed up camp to go for a hike in the Swiss Alps. The mountains were much more visible from the campground in the morning. When we got to the trailhead, we decided to take a gondola up and then hike down, so thats exactly what we did. Wow! It was like flying like a bird. We soared through the air. With the sun beating down on us through the plexiglass windows all around us.
When we got to the top there were paragliders taking off into flight. It was very fun to watch. There were many of them. They were like a flock of birds. I’ve always wondered what it was like to fly like a bird. I just wish I could try it. I wanted to stay there, watching them all day, but we had to begin our hike that we were all super excited about!
We hiked for about an hour or so and then stopped for a break. I wondered why I had so much energy and then I realized that I had drank a cup of coffee this morning and that explained the mystery energy blast that I was experiencing. Thank goodness it had lasted the entire day! Otherwise I would have been a large pile of tired bones The whole way through the hike.
We took another turn and at the trail sign, we decided that we wanted to go up some more. So we hike up hill more, stopped for a break and then hiked some more. When we reached a spot, we took another break and then decided to start heading down on another trail. The trail led us to a very large lake in a valley. Seealpsee was the name of the lake. The color was beautiful. It was a dark, clear teal.
The hike down went very fast! I always hike a lot faster than anyone else so I reached the bottom before anyone else. I got a longer period of time to absorb my surroundings. There were large, fly-infested, stinky cows everywhere along with the stuff that comes out of their rear end. There were tons of paragliders flying around when you looked up into the beautiful cloud-free sky. But I couldn’t look up for long because my eyes were being blinded by the bright sunbeams that were sun burning the lenses in my eyeballs and my neck was cramping. Just then, a life flight helicopter flew over me making it super duper windy.
When mom, dad, and Riley had caught up with me, we headed to the lake. There, they crashed into their sweet dreams while I, with my amazing energy, went for a swim in the lake and then, went for a sprinting run and came back before any of them had awaken.
When they did awake, we headed back to the car. But on the way there, we got to see the paragliders land and dad asked the guy there, if Riley and I could meet him at the gondola and go paragliding with him. He agreed to the plan. And I swear that I don’t think that I have ever been so anxious and excited at the same time in my entire life.
Tomorrow is the day that I will have my first experience paragliding!!!!!
Hope all is well in Maine! Getting our first thunderstorm now in Italy! Love you all and miss you too!
Love,
Wrennie❤️
Sounds like a great trip!👍📷☺
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