Zipping away

 I never knew I would ever go zip lining, as I hate heights. So much so that when we were in Ghana and took an excursion which included walking on 7 swinging bridges over the tree canopies, I did only one and turned back. 

My granddaughter did all seven.👏

There were 4 lines. This was the highest and longest.

Anyway, zip lining is fun.

 On 3 we had to run and swing and that was no problem. For the fourth, we had to climb up about fifty feet to the landing and I couldn't start off. It wasn't fear. I just never knew how to step off so I asked this young lady to push me off.

Lost my one of my slippers but a man climbed down and got it for me.

My granddaughter did it upside down!😲

It was really exhilarating.

This was in Kauai, Hawaii.

There was a final one called zip and splash. This is a short one like at our oun YS Falls where you hold on to a rope , slide to the middle of the river and let go. 

I wasn't interested in doing that in Hawaii, as the river looked dirty and cold. Besides the sun had gone in so I would have to contend with cold breeze on my body. 

That's ok. Been there, done that in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, where the river is much nicer and the falls inviting.

Yup. Would do it all again.😊

Magnificent Mt. Olympus

 It was the thrill of my life😊.

From as far back as I can remember, my father used to read Greek mythology to me, telling me about the Greek gods and how they resided on the peaks of Mt. Olympus,.

 I never dreamt I would actually get to see it much less hike in the area.

The Mt. Olympus range is 25 kms long and the peak some 10,000 ft. Although we only hiked to the top of the Enipea  Canyon through which the river by the same name runs, it was the thrill of my life. 

And it was not at all as cold as I thought it would be. 

Mt. Olympus is the highest mountain in Greece and the 2nd highest in the Balkans 

For this trip, our base was this cute, quaint, laid back little village of  Litochoro at the bottom of the mountain.

The Greek Easter starts May 5th and some households do "spring cleaning " in preparation. Here they are sunning their rugs.

The beauty all around is simply awesome.

Section of Greek Orthodox Church in Litochoro

A small shrine in the mountains 

I can't believe I am at Mt. Olympus 😊

The valley is so deep I was sometimes scared to look down 😲

Sections of Mt. Olympus 

A filter plant for the refreshing spring water

Enipea River

Sections of the town of Litochoro, beneath the magnificent Mt. Olympus

Enipea River runs down into the canyon

Can't get over how fat and well groomed stray animals are in Greece 

Met this mother and daughter from Tanzania. Nice people.

Filling up with spring water for the trek up the mountain.

This trek into the mountains made my trip to Greece the experience of a lifetime.

Thanks Gabby ❤️.