Happy Thanksgiving

Today I went on a hike, I'd guess you would call it a 2/3 american 1/3 russian kind of hike. Anyway the tree of us set out from les elephants to search for a cave on Doria mountain near Chambery. On the way to the hiking trail we decided to stop by the store and get rain ponchos in case we needed them.

Afterwards it was up the mountain we went in search of this cave. The hike started off in a dense fog. Right around went we arrived at the small village of Lovettaz. We broke through the fog to see a layer of clear sky between the fog and the clouds high above. When we were in the town a semi creepy yet cool event occurred. The fog rose up quickly in the sky and surrounded us once again. Eventually we made our way back out of the fog a second time but it was spectacular to see how quickly the fog could change.

Eventually we were close to the cave. The sound of the waterfall was nearby. We thought it would be really cool if the cave was behind the waterfall. Once we reached the area of where the trail lead to the cave. The trail went right behind the waterfall. Oh cool so its true! We busted out the rain ponchos in preparation to go behind the waterfall. Go rain poncho power!

So we approached the waterfall and soon realized that the cave wasn't behind the waterfall. The actually waterfall itself was coming right out of a cave and it looked like there was another cave right about it as well. The problem was that the trail was flooded over from the raging water. Pretty much all the snow had melted from the surrounding mountains and as a result the water was flowing with a lot of force.

We decide to drop down a bit to see if there was any way to approach the cave from the the other side. It turned out that it was not possible to reach the cave from any direction that we tried. Eventually we would up finding a crevasse in the side of the mountain so that was our "cave" experience for the day.

We later took. A 50 metre detour that turned out to take a pretty big chunk of time. It was worth it though. THe trail itself was pretty dangerous because, well, there wasn't actually any trail in some parts and we just had to climb it. The good thing is that we eventually made it to a summit. The view was absolutely amazing and it was a great feeling being at a mini tip of the world.

We then decided to make it all the way to the Col de Doria. This turned out to be an underwhelming fork in the road but just beyond it was a peaceful field where we ate lunch. While we ate lunch there was a dog with a bell on it's collar that was frolicking through the woods. It eventually made its way to run right past us.
We had some good laughs while we ate lunch and then started to make our way back down the mountain. It became nightfall before we made it back to town and there were many salamanders that we had to be careful not to step on. Once we made it back into town it was time to go back into combat mode (aka poncho time) because it started raining.

Finally after a long day I was thankful to be home. I am planing to have thanksgiving on Saturday but I was still thankful for today. Actually I try to think that everyday is like Thanksgiving, because each day has its own special moments to bring.