Mannen Hike

Last night I was so tired…I was wanting to go to bed at 9 (we go to bed at 10 so we don’t wake up too early), so I waited around and at 10 I was like finally! Bed! Let me just pop my head out to see if the northern lights happen to be out.. and they were! So then I was awake and I didn’t even put all my layers on just stood outside watching! So much fun!

Then it rained a lot last night and apparently the seal on the one window in the back is not very good so the water was coming in and dripping onto the windowsill there and it was so loud! It kept walking us up…I thought it was outside until we talked about it this morning so we fixed that so hopefully it won’t wake us up again if it rains all night. But we ended up sleeping in till 7:45! Raymond was joking that’s so late! But really we usually have breakfast at 7:30 so for us on this trip it is! So we got a late start, but it was gorgeous out when we got going! Sunny, not very many clouds, no wind! I packed so many layers and didn’t need most of them as it was not as cold as the past two days! Oh well, better to have them and not need them then need them and not have them. We also packed hot tea which was so nice to have while taking a break.

First up was to walk over and hike up Mannen, the mountain we could see across the beach from where we camped. It didn’t take long to get over there then a sometimes steep hike up to the ridge and along the ridge - that was all super muddy with a few sections of climbing up rocks…but it was hard to see the trails as there were so many so hard to tell which one to go up. The whole way up though was amazing views! And at the top? Just gorgeous!! It was a muddy mess on top, just a couple little rocks that we sat on for a break. There was another couple up there when we got there who were very nice, but they left soon after so we had it to ourselves. We took a break and the clouds started rolling in across the way so we got up there with perfect timing!

Once we started heading down it did start sprinkling us a little bit…like do we really need to stop and put on rain gear or is this not going to make us that wet? We didn’t and it was fine, and really not that cold! It was very surprising! On the way down we passed so many people going up! So I was glad we were up earlier than most as it would be a real mess on top with that many people! There was also a rainbow most of the way down and we passed someone going up talking about how this is the most rainbows they have ever seen in their life and I was like I know!! That’s what I keep saying!

Once we got down most of the way we stopped for lunch to enjoy the views. The whole way down you could much more easily see the path you should take so it wasn’t that bad. Plus the views of the green valley and lake you were heading towards were amazing! They don’t look so nice in the photos, but it was my favorite! Then it was on to the next stop in the next postLäs mer