The Best Day

As my friend Russell used joyously say  " this is the best day ever ! " I have to admit I was not looking forward to the climb today-- the highest elevation on the Way at 4940 ft, especially after my heart pounding episodes with other climbs : ). The morning was cool and windy and we could see ahead that the mountains were covered in mist. Off we went and soon the hills were covered with beautiful colors and flowers and fragrance! Hedges of heather in violet and white and other flowers in bright gold were everywhere- it was really awesome and the mist gave it all a dreamlike quality. It was very peaceful. Walking, walking and before long we were at Le Cruz de Ferro, the Iron Cross- the high point! Wait a minute-- I had hardly broken a sweat !! I was happy but also a bit disappointed- maybe let down that I had worried about it so much and it was not hard at all. Hard to explain. ( J Lo, I was thinking of you and our other climbs- Wish you were here!)
So the Iron Cross is where people leave their burdens, symbolically by a stone or a trinket, maybe a note... The hill is all built up of stones that have been left....

( yes I did use some artistic effect on this photo- it was pretty gray and starting to rain when we got there)

So now the downhill-- the awesomeness continued and no pictures can capture it-- maybe that is our gift for being here in person : ). The entire way was flowers as far as you could see and a wonderful scent - absolutely quiet with a haze of mist over all- really wonderful  

I thought about how sometimes fear or anxiety makes us miss the gifts right in front of us and many times what we "think" may happen never does and things can turn out quite beautifully!!

So when the path is rocky and you can't quite see the way-- keep going and enjoy every gift that is given !

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