I apologize ahead of time for another post about hiking but we live in a small village and there is only so much we can do in our limited free time! So yesterday Riley, Justin and I set out on what was supposed to be a short little hike so we could enjoy the amazing weather we are having right now. Off we went through town to a well marked trail that we were assuming was a loop. We saw horses (I of course pet one of the horses) and Riley found a couple of creeks he could play so far everybody was happy...
Two hours later we came across a couple of German hikers and asked them where the trail was going. "It is a loop, you have about three hours until you are back in Baumholder." uhhhh ok.... now we had a choice, go back the way we came (about two hours of hiking) or continue on the trail, see some new parts of the country side and only hike an extra hour. It was about 2pm so we decided there was enough daylight for us to finish out the loop. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Well as we continued, the trail got significantly harder; icy patches, steep uphills, dramatic drop in temperature, our pants were covered in mud up to our knees and my shoes/socks were soaking wet. Twice I wanted to sit down and cry. We had no water, no snacks, the sun was going down quickly, I was freezing, there was no sign of civilization and we had no idea where we were. We eventually lost the trail; luckily not to far away we spotted signs for a nature park and according to Justin "there has to be a trail that eventually leads to a parking lot that will then lead to a road..." I made the executive decision to follow the trail, which did end up leading to a paved road (that seemed to have been heavily travelled) and back to the start of our trail! Turns out our little short cut only shaved off 30 minutes of the trail but I was in no mood to get lost in a German forest at night.
We made it back to the apartment with about 15 minutes of day light left. After changing out of our wet clothes and bundling up in something warm we all collapsed on the couch, completely worn out from five hours of hiking. We have had enough exploring to last us at least a month!
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| The view from the top! |
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| Our LONG trail, we found the map AFTER we made it back to the trail head. |
***Spoiler alert: Justin and I are taking a trip this weekend to celebrate my birthday and our 6 month anniversary!!! Look for a new post from me on Sunday evening...
I apologize ahead of time for another post about hiking but we live in a small village and there is only so much we can do in our limited free time! So yesterday Riley, Justin and I set out on what was supposed to be a short little hike so we could enjoy the amazing weather we are having right now. Off we went through town to a well marked trail that we were assuming was a loop. We saw horses (I of course pet one of the horses) and Riley found a couple of creeks he could play so far everybody was happy...
Two hours later we came across a couple of German hikers and asked them where the trail was going. "It is a loop, you have about three hours until you are back in Baumholder." uhhhh ok.... now we had a choice, go back the way we came (about two hours of hiking) or continue on the trail, see some new parts of the country side and only hike an extra hour. It was about 2pm so we decided there was enough daylight for us to finish out the loop. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Well as we continued, the trail got significantly harder; icy patches, steep uphills, dramatic drop in temperature, our pants were covered in mud up to our knees and my shoes/socks were soaking wet. Twice I wanted to sit down and cry. We had no water, no snacks, the sun was going down quickly, I was freezing, there was no sign of civilization and we had no idea where we were. We eventually lost the trail; luckily not to far away we spotted signs for a nature park and according to Justin "there has to be a trail that eventually leads to a parking lot that will then lead to a road..." I made the executive decision to follow the trail, which did end up leading to a paved road (that seemed to have been heavily travelled) and back to the start of our trail! Turns out our little short cut only shaved off 30 minutes of the trail but I was in no mood to get lost in a German forest at night.
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