Tuesday, August 18, 2009

THE WEEKEND!! SUNDAY STYLE!!!!:)

6:30AM RISE AND SHINE IT'S HIKING TIME!!!!! Sunday Hike to be exact!!! Not Saturday!!!!:) BUT that doesn't mean breakfast is different!! Walked to Woodstock and again on the way got the usual: water, cookies, and gum!! Same stuff in my bag as last Saturday!! Figured if I survived last Saturday with what I had, why add anything!? Especially since that would make my bag heavier and possibly tire me out quicker IF we got lost again!!;) So arrive at Woodstock and have another delicious breakfast!! SCRAMBLED EGGS, POTATOES, TOAST, AND WATER!!!! Packed a pbj and some bananas in the pack and Matt, TIM, and I were off for our hike and to meet up with the rest!!! Same as last week we met the others at SouthHill and headed off on Tehri Road, same direction and path!! However, this time we weren't exiting Tehri Road at the GAP, BUT we passed the GAP, passed the Chai shop we stopped at on our very first hike and continued on Tehri Road!! Different to our first hike, this time it was CLEAR as day!! Absolutely beautiful out!!!:) Walking down Tehri Road with the view on our right was simply stunning!! The rolling hills and clouds placed ever so perfectly around the hills was amazing!!! We passed the Himalayan Weaver's shop and took a side trail off Tehri Road and onto NATURE'S TRAIL!!!:) There was a stop along the trail that was a scenic overlook and it was perfect!! Standing on it you could see down the valley for miles!! After that we entered LEECH trail!! It wasn't called that, but might have well been with all the freakin leeches we saw!!! Cookie had the best technique and that was SCREAMING her lungs out when she saw a leech climb up her boot!!:) Everyone else was more calm and simply grabbed the leech and threw it off!! Both techniques worked equally!! One more louder than the other!!;) I thought I had all of my leeches off, but you'll find out if I missed any!! And since last Saturday leeches don't really freak Matt or me out anymore since we had a BILLION on us sucking our skin!!:) Our first checkpoint on the hike was Magra!! Made that with ease in the first 2 hours!! There was a small village there, not too big and a lot of mud around to walk through!! After Magra it was pretty similar trail throughout to Thatyur!!! Matt and I saw our EVER so helpful road that lead us to our lost adventure last weekend!!! Took a picture of it and never spoke of it again!!:) We passed these two girls playing in the water on the way to town and we continued asking them if we could take a picture, but they kept saying NO NO and kept playing in the water!! They really enjoyed that water!!! SUNDAY CONT...

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