Sam wanted to swim in the lake, so we put on our bathing suits and swam to the buoys and rafts that had been placed in the lake. Daddy didn’t go in, because he thinks any water other than the shower water is cold, and sometimes that is cold for him too. One of the floaties had a trampoline on it. We couldn’t decide what to do next, but we settled on Hohe Towern National Park. It was a long drive. We drove across the country again to get there. Unfortunately, the clouds shrouded the mountains, but we did see waterfalls and a snow field.
The snowfield
We drove higher to a place where we thought we would have a good view. I saw many succulents on my way to the viewpoint. Where we parked, there was a field of wildflowers.
We could see the mountains, but barely, because the clouds were coming in fast.
We then drove down to a place where there was some snow. It is hard to imagine how that could fall from the sky.
We saw a beautiful waterfall on our drive.
We ate lunch at a picnic table and drove to a sighn that talked about different hikes to take. Daddy said we should take the one that leads to the glacier. It has alway been my dream to see a glacier with medial moraines, let alone touch one, I couldn’t wait to get there. We had to drive a bit, but at the end it was rewarding.
We saw a marmot on a hillslope.
We took the fernicular down. It was more pleasant than the other one. The glacier had chunks of ice sticking out of its surface.
We touched the glacier.
On the way back, there were sighns announcing the presence of global warming.
On the way down, the weather cleared. The mountains could be seen
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