Hey doing there? this is us, and it says this is easy
This one's easy? yeah! this one's
so that's number 14 the number, and we're doing Rocha de Relva and
It's distance. It's four and a half kilometers
And it takes about two and a half hours, and it's difficulty is easy! Wow
Okay... you heard it to here folks
So today, we are slowly making our way back to sete cidades to do a hike, but we learned yesterday
the symbol for hiking and
The hike that we took yesterday was amazing because we were basically walking through farmland
Some of it was nature trails a lot of it was farmland, and it's amazing because it's like a mini Camino
I guess you're walking through people's neighborhoods
very rustic
Farmland everywhere ocean right there, it's amazing. I love it
walking stick yeah
Yep
Aaaaaannd it's done
I can't... there's too many things to juggle (in my life)
Yeah, I think the walking stick is taking up too much of Lynn's real estate
Yeah, I often wonder to what extent the locals get sick of people walking accidentally through their fields because it actually is a possibility we
Almost did that yesterday a couple times?
Yeah, you thought it was a trail. It's not a trail with someone's ranch property. Yeah, there's a very fine line. Sorry
Yeah, who sets up these trails. I feel bad for people from the walking trails, but well. It's nice for me
I don't feel that bad
a donkey a
friendly donkey
Wow
Hi buddy! look at all those flies. Yeah, it's not very comfy is it bud?
Lynn is feeding the donkey because she doesn't think he has
anything to eat Oh
Lynnie, she's such a she's such a bleeding-heart
Can I can I keep him? NO!
You're saying how I'm a bleeding-heart. I'm like well
What girl isn't if you have a girl that doesn't like animals... RUN something is wrong with her
something's very wrong
So we just saw a couple of older folks
walk past us and we asked what we were in for and apparently it is a
steep trail
Leading down to the ocean, which means we have to hike down to the ocean because they're old no that's not it
But it means that we have to do it because they're old and if we don't do it
We're super lame right they were at least in like their 60s. Yeah. I hope to be that couple yep
Yay, yeah, well the first step in becoming that couple is not chickening out on the hike
After I just got done telling you, this is like a death march
tradition dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries in which of those who had passed and those who passed by
would stop here to pray and make a donation
That's just
That's so so mind-boggling to me that people are walking this path that long ago
It's unbelievable
The states in the states, you know 200 years is a long time and Europe 100 miles is a long distance
But knowing that people were here that long ago is
pretty amazing
Holy shit
Dangerous
What is Azoreans who dig your switchbacks like extreme 90-degree switchbacks I want to get in that
Ocean like pool. I want to get in that ocean so bad
But my knees are like no because I know I have to come back up. Yeah, but then look who's coming
So we can see from this vantage point there's a small town down at the bottom of this trail
We are going to check that out for sure
I'm actually really hoping they have some sort of snack station down there though because I am freaking thirsty
Shoulda brought more water with us. That's the problem with always winging it you
Never know what you're gonna get into I didn't expect to even do this hike today, but that's what makes traveling so fun
What is it with these types of places and used toilet paper
I don't the second we walked by just yeah, I know thing what is it?
Where people are like that's a good place, like a good natural bathroom? Yeah, not very hidden
That aloe vera plant is the size of a small house. I'm not kidding. Holy shit
Wow
How ancient are you? Yeah, this could relieve so many sunburns. A village of sunburns!
Wow okay a US flag a US flag right there
It's a whole little town amazing. Okay, I'm
American yeah
Now if only they have a snack station. Hopefully they have a snack station
Okay
All right, all right cool. Thanks, bye!
I really wanted a snack station. I wanted you to take me out. This is what I was picturing so okay break it down this beautiful
White structure with a red roof and on the top is a terrace, and they serve like the most amazing seafood
And you can see a guy catch it and like bring it out from the ocean and I cook it up for us
And we're just undercover and then there's
Cloth just like billowing in the breeze
And it was just beautiful and just drink our Kima and then we'll watch the Sun go down. That's what I was thinking
Yup, Lynn always expects whimsy and romance and all that kind of stuff
Rarely does it work, Poor Lynnie
It's worth mentioning that I keep offering Lynn an out. I'm like we can stop we can see the end right over there
Let's just bail. Let's go up to the top and
She insists on going to the bitter end
So we can say that we completed this trail and very proud of her. I have to say
Is this it? we did it! that it's pretty much it
do too, good job, but we're not done yet
Oh Yeah
This is hot and it's difficult
So my goal of this trip
is to lose weight
And get healthy because I'm struggling it's so hard to get up this hill. It's hard to kind of do anything
In the states I put on like 25 pounds. I put on a weight. I said I would never get to and I did. Two years
Having a cubicle job, and just we eat terrible in the states so
Yeah, I'm having a tough time but
Doing this I'm doing it doing and there's stations like this so that's nice. I can wet myself isn't sweat
Close to it
All right, I have to admit that was
Actually very strenuous did not expect that why did it say easy on the map that was I call shenanigans
Yeah, I don't think it's easy if no I had a hard time. You know I had a hard time yeah
It was actually I have to admit that was hard
And we didn't really come prepared when we had two small waters
Had I know that was gonna be that bad. We would have brought more stuff
But I guess I'm already
Saddled and stuff. We don't really need any more of it
Lynn thinks we could have "drived over here" I said drove. No you said drived
I said droves, drived then eventually you said drove
We don't speak the language which is obviously fine
I don't expect everyone to speak English because that's retarded you would never want to leave home
But because you don't speak the language
And they don't put up English signs
We don't know what we're doing we could've totally drove in here
We're gonna walk
Okay
so we're obviously tired from the murderous hike we did today, but this is kind of now or never for this trip for us because
We've been looking at the webcams every day. They have webcams all over the island so you can see the weather
in the various calderas and whatnot and it's very hard to get a
Good golden hour
view of this place especially if you're only here for a couple of weeks
So we have to do it it is now or never at least until the next time we come back