Nothing but blue skies here so we’re off to another visit to Mijas and surrounds.
In Mijas:
Our hike: We chose some different trails in same area. Dave noted these are some of the best hikes he’s been on – a combination of awesome scenery, a variety of terrain, and a little bit of a climbing challenge. We’d see 2-4 other hikers on the trail.
Sorry I’m always showing you his backside! We were pretty warm with the sun out, and were happy to see some light clouds come in.
Looks like Michigan to me! The pine is similar to jack pine.
Dave spotted the Rock of Gibraltar in the distant haze – center of the photo.
The trail crossed a road I would guess was for the Forest Service equivalent. Right about here we caught some staggering wind from the north coming through a break in the hills.
We finished our hike quicker than expected, so decided to walk back to Fuengirola instead of taking the local bus. Couldn’t have done it without Google maps, which took us on some true farm trails that we would not have found before we hit the outlying neighborhoods where street choices were more obvious. It added 9.3 km to the hike , for a total time of 5 hours. We earned our happy hour!
The above photo is looking back at Mijas. Look closely and you can see that Forest Road about 2/3rds of the way up the hill, running pretty horizontal. We hiked well above it. My guess is we weren’t quite halfway home when I took this photo. Aurg – I had a sore knee the next day for all of the downhill. Laura
Hi, Guys. Looks like great hiking!
I was gone at a week long conference and then Alex and I took turns being sick with the worst flu ever. Finally getting back to normal around here and happy to get caught back up on your adventures!
These are beautiful hike photos, thanks for sharing them! Are you using a phone camera or did you take a camera with you? Also, ever practical, did you stop at the tourist info office or how did you find such great hikes?
Keep up the good work for us flat landers.
Donna
Greetings Donna! Glad you’re still following us. Hear you’ve had a warm winter – and some spring flowers are popping?! Thanks for the idea for a post. Camera: I’m using my old (10yrs?) Cannon PowerShot SD1000. It’s about the size of a pack of cigarette so it fits nicely in pants pocket. Dave notes I should get a new one, as the current model is 18 mega pixels, vs. my 7.1, and they’re only about $300. Because Dave brought the laptop, I’ve been able to do some cropping before posting. The computer is getting heavy use, with Dave is running aerodynamic analysis programs…. and other techie stuff. (insert eye rolling).
Good grief- we’re 1/2 way through our trip. That also means only 2 months till your Italy trip. We’ll miss each other by a day 🙁 Leaving here next Monday, we’ll spend 8 days making our way to Portugal. Hope all is well with you & Loren, and city life is good. Laura
Looks like great scenery and even more gorgeous weather. Glad all is well!