Remote expanses of wilderness

Today has been another strenuous day for Ivy but she refuses to let us down.🤞 We have driven for hours up and down small mountain roads and hardly seen any other signs of life. No villages, cars or people for miles and miles. Just rough and rugged passage through beautiful mountain terrain stretching from horizon to opposite horizon. It’s quite intimidating to be alone in such a huge expanse of wilderness. We could see snow on some of the peaks even though it was so hot where we were. We are being careful now that Ivy’s brakes aren’t getting too hot on the sometimes long steep descents, we check regularly and stop to allow them to cool off before we continue. Sometimes we’ll see a sign for a “Mirador” which must be the term for viewpoint in Spanish, so we’ll often stop to see. More often than not there’ll be some kind of arty installation which seems at odds with the otherwise untouched nature of a place. I found it reassuring to see at least some indication of human existence after such extended periods of seemingly apocalyptic isolation.
We are heading to a place that has been reported to be peaceful and safe with cherry trees in abundance, we hoped to pick a few but alas when we arrive they aren’t ripe yet. It is as promised a lovely peaceful place to spend the night and Bliss is happy as she has a stream to paddle in a her own little patch of grass to snooze on next to Ivy.Read more