Shorter trip to the mountains.

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Today I had a time to make a half day tour to the Popradske pleso (sort of mountain lake, in altitude of 1500 metres above the sea).
Journey up to there is full of potholes, hollows, rocks and roots erupting into the path.

Sometimes I saw this…

…or this…

I do not know if you have in English any fairy tale, in which there are starring, among others, trees which eat rocks. This one has escaped …

This one is keeping safe all passengers walking by. Protects them from this old rock avalanche. Look on those muscles developed by years….

Photos for gardeners: this time wild flowers…

Is this wild Sedum?

Wooden bridge across wild waters…

I think Paul would like this path, for sure :))

Ach, almost massacre….self-confident caterpillar crossed my way…it takes some time…just watching her :)

Fireweeds everywhere…

Cranberries…well, hurry up, as these locations can be dangerous because of bears…they love cranberries and people, too.

This pine I remember from my teenage years. Hello, Majesty! Life is hard, isn´t it?

Not at all, Kat. We live and will die with this view.

…do not know what is this, but it was nice…

Here you see part of Tatra Trail – a path made by hundreds of volunteers after the WW II – it is several kilometres long and creates path for tourists across all important peaks and valleys. The guy over there fell down couple of minutes before, but heroically continued :)

Ho ho! A new touristic guide?

The goal of the trip is here…

Mountain cottage named after Captain Stephen Moravek, a partisan leader, who was killed here in 1945.
Time for a big mug of herbal tea with rum and chat with veterans of the Mountain Rescue Service. They went to the the mountain symbolic cemetery and were so kind, that they made me a photo :)

…and a way back. It was nice to be back for a minute, although I cannot feel some parts of my body now….

17 Aug, 2012
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Stickitoffee

thats beautiful katarina, what a lovely place.

i dont know that little bird but i do like him, and im wondering if the wild sedum is valerian????

im sure lulu has those red berries so she or kasia will know what they are called

17 Aug, 2012

Katarina

I hope so :))

17 Aug, 2012

Drc726

Stunning scenery

17 Aug, 2012

Katarina

Thank you. Plan was to go even higher, to higher situated lakes, but I do not have training.

17 Aug, 2012

Steragram

You do live in an amazing place Katarina - thank you for the tour, which we took without getting stiff and tired!

17 Aug, 2012

Katarina

Hahaha. Thank you very much, Steragram. I am happy you could take a trip while drinking your tea/coffee. But in two it would be much more fun.

17 Aug, 2012

Cinderella

A lovely blog Katarina. Really enjoyed that walk. Probably couldnt have done it in the flesh so to speak, but that was beautiful.

17 Aug, 2012

Surreylad

wow that looks beautiful Kat, such lovely scenery...

17 Aug, 2012

Katarina

:)) Thank you, SL.

17 Aug, 2012

Amy

Fabulous scenery Kat I would have enjoyed being there with you , but enjoyed it from here also :o))

17 Aug, 2012

Steviethete..

great photos katarina : )

17 Aug, 2012

Katarina

Amy, Stevie @ thank you to both :) You both are invited for a trip if you once decide to visit Slovakia. I will show you incredible places :)

18 Aug, 2012

Dianebulley

Are they the Tatra Mountains ? Thank you for taking us on your climb. Nice small pieces of rock there for Alpine gardens in UK !

18 Aug, 2012

Katarina

Hi Diane, yes they are Tatra mountains. Have you been there? Well, I think, it would be more comfortable to buy a rock in Garden centre, then carry it down from the mountains :)))

18 Aug, 2012