How Great Thou Art
Before we moved, Bob had scheduled some vacation time for us in Innsbruck, Austria. We took 4 days to hike the Austrian Alps. Although we spent most of our times in the mountains, we did enjoy an "oompa-pa" band play in town at some ceremony involving the local firefighters (ah, that language barrier thing again!!) and wandered through the old town area. The photos will explain why we spent the majority of our time "up."
The first day we took two cable cars up to an area called Nordpark. The second cable car brings you almost to the summit of this range of mountains. There is a trail ("Panoramaweg") that leads along a panoromic view of the area. However, we decided to return back to where the first cable car ends (about 3/4's of the way up the mountain) to hike back down to the valley floor. (The cable car from which we hiked down is in the next photo, lower right hand side.)
It was almost hard to leave this area to hike! The views from every direction were breathtaking.
A certain member of our hiking group of two, lobbied for taking the "fixed rope" path. However, given the fact that we were without the necessary equipment, reason prevailed.
Although we began descending, the beauty of the views remained. Below is the spot where we stopped for lunch. Again, this was another area where my heart welled up with praise to the God who created it all. I must admit, though, since we were in Austria, I felt compelled to at least sing some of the music from "The Sound of Music!"
The first day we took two cable cars up to an area called Nordpark. The second cable car brings you almost to the summit of this range of mountains. There is a trail ("Panoramaweg") that leads along a panoromic view of the area. However, we decided to return back to where the first cable car ends (about 3/4's of the way up the mountain) to hike back down to the valley floor. (The cable car from which we hiked down is in the next photo, lower right hand side.)
It was almost hard to leave this area to hike! The views from every direction were breathtaking.
A certain member of our hiking group of two, lobbied for taking the "fixed rope" path. However, given the fact that we were without the necessary equipment, reason prevailed. Although we began descending, the beauty of the views remained. Below is the spot where we stopped for lunch. Again, this was another area where my heart welled up with praise to the God who created it all. I must admit, though, since we were in Austria, I felt compelled to at least sing some of the music from "The Sound of Music!"
