La Hueta: Cascades

La Hueta is in a bowl with mountains forming the rim. The Río Morles makes some huge jumps coming into the aldea, resulting in a series of cascades. We walked out to see the most accessible one yesterday (I was smart enough this time to follow my new rule: don’t go up something you can’t come down!), and Ned went even higher today, getting a fine sense of how the village fits into its surroundings. It must have been very self-sufficient in its day - we saw an era for threshing and a bakehouse, in addition to the many huertas.

The house we are staying in has many reminders of what it must have been like to live here in the past. Both the living room and kitchen tables have heaters under them (one original and one updated; see photos) and long heavy coverings that reach to the floor. They remind us of the Mustang tables in Nepal. You pull the drapery over your lap and your legs and feet get to stay warm while your upper half sips hot tea.

Today’s Wikiloc track:
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