Up, Up And Away/Yläilmoissa

On Saturday we did something that made me tremble in my hiking boots. Literally and figuratively.



I don't like heights, and I don't like ski lifts.



We took the chair lift up to the top of the mountain. See the white knuckles, gripping the bar tightly?



What can I say? I needed to get foliage pictures for the blog. {You're welcome.}



It definitely was worth the lift ride to the top! Breathtaking!!



Especially since we made it up, alive. Including mama. Trembling legs and all.




But there was no way we were going to take the ski lift down. No way.




So we hiked down.



It was a long, long way. So long we almost wished we had taken the chair lift down.




See the miniscule building in the middle on the left? That's how far we still had to go. Our legs were jell-o, already. Going down is hard work!



The view was absolutely worth every aching muscle. I'd say it was peak foliage last weekend.



And we made it. All of us.

Headed straight for the car, drove home and crashed.

The End.

{Except our muscles are still hurting.}


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Lauantaina suuntasimme suuren laskettelukeskuksen huipulle, tuolihissillä. Tällä mamalla on korkeanpaikankammo, eikä nämä lasketteluhissit auta asiaa ollenkaan. Mutta ylös mentiin, mamakin. Ja onneksi menimme - näköalat olivat ihan uskomattomat! 


Ei tullut kuuloonkaan, että olisimme menneet tuolihissillä alas (vatsasta kouraisee vieläkin, kun ajattelen asiaa), eli piti kävellä alas. Mikä oli pitkä, pitkä matka. Joka tuntuu jaloissa, vieläkin. Mutta onneksi menimme - upea reissu!