Adelboden
What a Day! Summer's here, and Switzerland is Beautiful. Today Bernice and Jackie and I rode the gondola up to the top of Tschentenalp, and then hiked back the 4 hours to our chalet in the valley below. It was wonderful - nothing like hiking with people you love in a place that's beautiful. Jackie and I even found a waist-deep mountain stream on the way down for a chilling dip!
The mountain flowers are best in late June, and the mountainsides were covered with them today. It is amazing how many different kinds there are at these high altitudes, where the season is short and quite harsh. I caught these insects enjoying the fragrance as well - what a lovely afternoon we had!
We've been here for a few days, renting a chalet with my folks down in the valley at Adelboden. This is a very rural Swiss farm village, and there are cows everywhere, all through the valley and high up in the mountain pastures. Last night we heard cow bells into the night, as farmers were busy queuing up their cattle for the move up into higher pastures for the summer.
The weather has been perfect, and although my folks are 75 and 80 years old, they've kept right up with us as we hike mile after mile at the highest altitudes we can find. This is a wonderful time and place. It has been six months since I found out for sure that I have ALS. Wonder what next summer will bring? We can do nothing but trust God in this situation. There is nowhere else to turn.
The mountain flowers are best in late June, and the mountainsides were covered with them today. It is amazing how many different kinds there are at these high altitudes, where the season is short and quite harsh. I caught these insects enjoying the fragrance as well - what a lovely afternoon we had!We've been here for a few days, renting a chalet with my folks down in the valley at Adelboden. This is a very rural Swiss farm village, and there are cows everywhere, all through the valley and high up in the mountain pastures. Last night we heard cow bells into the night, as farmers were busy queuing up their cattle for the move up into higher pastures for the summer.
The weather has been perfect, and although my folks are 75 and 80 years old, they've kept right up with us as we hike mile after mile at the highest altitudes we can find. This is a wonderful time and place. It has been six months since I found out for sure that I have ALS. Wonder what next summer will bring? We can do nothing but trust God in this situation. There is nowhere else to turn.
