The Day Zeno had to Carry Me Down the Mountain

What a beautiful and exciting Saturday!!!

We are going to hike up the Val Roseg - the same valley we hiked in the winter when our Dad and Mom from the US came to visit us!

Oh! It's so great to be-be-be a bea-ver, to be a big achi-chi-chi a-chiever, there's no job to big for me! I just do it, tree by tree, oh! It's so great to beeeeeeee, a beaver!

Compared to when we hiked the valley February of 2007, we made great progress without the snow and reached the point we'd made it to with Dad and Mom in approximately 1/2 the time! The valley is gorgeous even without the snow... though, you can see it's never completely without snow. It sticks quite well to the mountain tops and though the glacier is slowly melting, it's still there big as life!

Gorgous day!

Marvelous puffy clouds you wish you could go up and jump in!

We hiked to a mountain lake at the top of the valley just underneath the glacier and had our lunch of panini! It was about this time that I'd noticed the big toe on my left foot was causing me a LOT of pain... a good look at it revealed it was swollen like a baloon, red, warm and very tender to the touch.... uh, oh....

The Mountain Lake fed by the Glacier at the top of the Valley!

After all that walking I need a good drink!

Ahhhhh, refreshing!

Hmmmmmm... nothing like SanPelegrino!

Amore, do you mind! Can't I even drink in peace!?!

NOPE!

Good thing the SanPelegrino was so refreshing... it turned out that on the way down, Zeno ended up carrying me on his shoulders for a good part of the way! We made it back just as it started to rain. Whew! We made it to a little mountain lodge, and as it rained outside, Zeno was treated to a well deserved beer while I warmed up with a cup of tea with honey.

NEVER a dull moment with A&Z! Tune in next time for... well, we'll find out together won't we!