We are back from our vacation in Spain and Greece. I did a lot of walking in the Merrell Moab 2 Ventilator hiking shoes while visiting various sights: San Lorenzo de El Escorial in Spain and the archeological sites of Epidaurus/Esklepios, Delfi, and Dion in Greece. The hiking highlight was a July 4th hike in the Enipeas Gorge on Mount Olympus in Greece! It was a very short hike along the E4 European long distance path. Equaling over 6200 miles, this path starts in Portugal, continuing through Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece, and ends on the island of Cyprus. We only did about 1 mile (6199+ to go!) near Prionia to visit a waterfall, but a hike is a hike! You can drive up Mount Olympus (9577 feet) from the village of Litochoro, at the base of the Olympus range, up to about 3600 feet, where the Prionia taverna is located. From there, it is a short hike to a few waterfalls in the Enipeas Gorge. You can even fill your water bottles from a fountain at the trailhead fed by a spring coming off the mountain! In this area, the E4 is an easily followed well-worn hiking path. After a lunch of goat soup and bean soup, feta cheese, bread, and Vergina beer (Yes – soup in the summer!) advertised as the daily specials at the taverna, we made the short hike up to a nearby waterfall. Then continued up the mountain for a short way to validate our claim of “climbing” part of Mount Olympus! While it wasn’t a true prelude to an AT thru-hike, this short walk in the woods scratched the itch.
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Quiet Man
I don't have a bucket list. At 61 years old, I have already had the adventures of a lifetime, especially after a 30-year Army career, five years of teaching high school, and a 37 year marriage still going strong. But I still have this deep desire to complete the Appalachian Trial. Archives
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