Today was the last full day of the vacation. My Dad wanted to get the toll sticker for my Mom's car and fill up both cars before heading home tomorrow. Well, I would have done that either in the evening or tomorrow morning. As far as I'm concerned it was at least a partial waste of a perfect good vacation day. Arguing with my Dad at the age of 73 is pretty much a fruitless endeavor. So I just let him have his way. First we picked up the toll sticker and then headed out to Saalfelden to fill up both cars.
Next up was the Einsiedelei (hermitage) that my Mom wanted to see. It's only a 30 minute hike on a fairly easy trail. Turns out that there is still a so called hermit living up there. The important word in the last sentence is 'so called'. If you want to be a hermit, well that's fine with me...but calling yourself a hermit and just living 30 minutes from civilization is a joke. On top of that the so called hermit lives only up there in summer, what makes the joke even worse as far as I'm concerned. That led to a slight argument with my parents about organized religion. Don't know those people anything about me? It was a bad idea to argue organized religion with me 10 years ago and that absolutely hasn't changed!
After my parent had their time at the hermitage we hiked to Steinalm via Fuchssteig. That's a hike of a little over 1 hour. The first part is quite steep and you better know what you're doing or it could end badly. If you're afraid of heights, well than that's definitely not the trail for you. Daisy didn't have any issues with that trail at all and actually really enjoyed herself. After about 30 minutes we continued on the main trail, since Fuchssteig is s little of a short cut. The last 1/2 hour up to is a fairly easy hike and we made it to Steinalm around 1 pm. When we got there I realized that there were several animals there including a goat. Daisy wasn't interested in the other animals, but showed genuine interest in the goat. So I let her do her thing and waited what was going to happen, but was ready to break things off in case the were to get out of hands. Well, both of them checked each other out without any issues at all. At Steinalm we had a little snack and something to drink and relaxed there for about 1 hour. Then we started to head back down. Again Daisy socialized a little with the goat. Apparently that's something that is hardwired into her DNA. We continued on the main trail and about 1 1/2 hours later we had made it back to car.
All in all a good last day of the vacation!
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