Rabenklippe

A nice hike, in and out about 7 miles. Unfortunately the first half is all up a mountain. It was also hot, mid '90s no matter what the temperature at the top of the post is saying. So not a lot of pictures because I was struggling on the way up, and while it was pretty, wasn't extremely scenic.

We stopped to take pictures of that infamous GDR spy mountain, the Brocken (yep, we're planning to go, train ride up and back though, no hiking). We reached the view point, took some pictures, then went down to the lynx enclosure. Lynx have been reintroduced to the area, and they have a few that are kept in an enclosure. They get fed every Wednesday at 230.

So we had lunch at the hut up there, and I ran down at 230 to see them. No luck. The ranger said something about, "normally they show up, but they're animals..." and about half of the people left. I stayed for a bit, no luck. So went to eat my very late lunch (local wurst and Steve had fried camembert with cranberries, just zitrone limonade to drink, because hot, hiking, and driving).

On the way down, we stopped by the enclosure and Steve spotted a lynx walking along the ridge. He pointed and all the kids freaked out and dragged their fathers up to show them. Finally, he came up to the front, walked the length, and lay down with his back to everyone. Typical.Read more