Well today the weather was supposed to be more stabile than yesterday. By only looking out if the window you certainly weren't quite able to tell that. Clouds hanging low and fog in the lower parts of the mountain behind the hotel. But my Dad had set his heart to go hiking...and to make a long story short...hiking we went.
He wanted to hike from 'Arthur Haus' to 'Mitterfeld Alm'. We got to 'Arthur Haus' around noon and started with the hike. Well the hike has no real technical difficulties, but can be steep at times. It was a fun hike, sometimes hiking in light fog and that gives the trail a little of a mystical ambience. About 50 minutes later we had made it to 'Mitterfeld Alm'. We stopped there to have s quick drink, before heading back to 'Arthur Haus'. From there my Dad wanted to hike a trail, that is featuring several places where you can see the mining history around 'Arthur Haus'. After a rather short time my Mom had enough of hiking for the Day and went back to 'Arthur Haus'...and that's a nice way of putting it! I continued in the trail with my Dad. On the one hand I didn't mind hiking a bit longer and on the other hand I didn't want him to do that on is own, since with the age of 73 he isn't hiking as good as he used to. Of course by doing so I had to endure my Dad's history lesson. Something I'm not particularly fond of. When I'm going for a hike...I do just that and I'm not interested in s history lesson. If at a later point in time I should be interested in the history lesson about that particular trail I will read it then. That's something where my Dad and I don't see eye to eye...and that has been going on for at least the past 30 years...most likely way longer than that!! For the most part it was fine...over the years I've learned to let him talk, while I don't listen anyway and I've become very good at that and most of the time don't register that what he is saying anyways. Well we hiked till a place called 'Windrauchegg Alm', where we turned around and headed back to 'Arthur Haus'.
Again Daisy got to socialize with free roaming cattle there. This seems to become Daisy new hobby and passion. It's quite interesting, as that socializing is a one-way street. Daisy likes to sniff and check out cattle, but if a cow does it to her in return, that kinda scares her and she always hides behind me. During many of the hikes in the future Daisy will continue to see free roaming cattle and maybe with the time she will get used to idea that it is OK if a cow checks her out. Guess only future will tell.
Well, my Dad and I made it back to 'Arthur Haus' and met up with my Mom to have coffee there before heading back to the hotel.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Vacation 2011, Day 6: Mitterberg Alm
Well today the weather was supposed to be more stabile than yesterday. By only looking out if the window you certainly weren't quite able to tell that. Clouds hanging low and fog in the lower parts of the mountain behind the hotel. But my Dad had set his heart to go hiking...and to make a long story short...hiking we went.
He wanted to hike from 'Arthur Haus' to 'Mitterfeld Alm'. We got to 'Arthur Haus' around noon and started with the hike. Well the hike has no real technical difficulties, but can be steep at times. It was a fun hike, sometimes hiking in light fog and that gives the trail a little of a mystical ambience. About 50 minutes later we had made it to 'Mitterfeld Alm'. We stopped there to have s quick drink, before heading back to 'Arthur Haus'. From there my Dad wanted to hike a trail, that is featuring several places where you can see the mining history around 'Arthur Haus'. After a rather short time my Mom had enough of hiking for the Day and went back to 'Arthur Haus'...and that's a nice way of putting it! I continued in the trail with my Dad. On the one hand I didn't mind hiking a bit longer and on the other hand I didn't want him to do that on is own, since with the age of 73 he isn't hiking as good as he used to. Of course by doing so I had to endure my Dad's history lesson. Something I'm not particularly fond of. When I'm going for a hike...I do just that and I'm not interested in s history lesson. If at a later point in time I should be interested in the history lesson about that particular trail I will read it then. That's something where my Dad and I don't see eye to eye...and that has been going on for at least the past 30 years...most likely way longer than that!! For the most part it was fine...over the years I've learned to let him talk, while I don't listen anyway and I've become very good at that and most of the time don't register that what he is saying anyways. Well we hiked till a place called 'Windrauchegg Alm', where we turned around and headed back to 'Arthur Haus'.
Again Daisy got to socialize with free roaming cattle there. This seems to become Daisy new hobby and passion. It's quite interesting, as that socializing is a one-way street. Daisy likes to sniff and check out cattle, but if a cow does it to her in return, that kinda scares her and she always hides behind me. During many of the hikes in the future Daisy will continue to see free roaming cattle and maybe with the time she will get used to idea that it is OK if a cow checks her out. Guess only future will tell.
Well, my Dad and I made it back to 'Arthur Haus' and met up with my Mom to have coffee there before heading back to the hotel.
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