Gibraltar

Gibraltar itself is an amazing little place. So lovely to hear all the English accents and even get a glimpse of all my beloved sweets! We enjoyed our stay at the “Sunborn” and then set out to hike the Gibraltar Rock. It was a last minute decision, since we originally thought it was just a tourist attraction with rides up the route etc.
We researched how to hike it and off we went. We started walking from the sea level parking lot, but made sure to purchase cable car tickets for the way down. I’m way too familiar with the hike to Table Mountain, so if there’s an option of taking a cable car down….i am taking it!
After walking up a steep road for 1600m and Ashley turning around impatiently waiting on me, we made it to Hercules Pillars. We purchased tickets for the Mediterranean steps and the nature preserve and went on our merry way. We had a choice of two trails and for some reason Ashley thought the 1.5 km trail that said “challenging” would be more suited for us than the “moderate 500m trail” 🧐
Here’s my confession…I have only cried on two occasions on hikes and today was one of them. The first time I broke down was when the boys took me on a backcountry hike to find bears and I lost my balance and felt as if I was slipping off the edge of the trail. Today was a day I broke down in the middle of the trail, because I didn’t know if I was going to make it up and it was too late to turn around. I really started panicking and just broke down. Yes, I’m out of shape, it was hot and we had no water left.
Long story short, I made it! It took quite a bit out of me, because I hardly took photos and couldn’t even do any sightseeing once I made it to the summit!
Anyway, so fun seeing the monkeys and a cold coke never tasted so good! We made it down by cable car and drove all the way to Portugal! We have our eyes set on a very nice beach in the morning 😎Read more