Taking a hike: Day 4

After a sweltering Day 1, a stormy Day 2 and a wet Day 3 the final part of the journey had finally arrived.  The sun was shining, our clothes were mostly dry and we were looking forward to dinner with my sister and her husband at their house back at base.

The view from our hotel was stunning, and we were feeling upbeat and ready to get this done!

The first part of our walk lead us along the fairly flat lake shore, through cool woods and alongside beautiful houses.  We walked past Spiez Castle and up through the vineyards and everything was just beautiful and I was elated that we had seen it through to that day.

Unfortunately, the wet walk from the day before had left its marks:  I was struggling with sickness and a headache, and both my little toes were growing blisters were once there had been toenails.  But I would say out of the entire journey, this was the day where I was most able to enjoy the beauty of the surroundings, and not worry about whether I'd be able to do it.  I guess I knew that there was now no alternative to finishing it all.

And finish we did:
72km / 45 miles
4 days
3 blisters
2 toenails
A total of over 2000m elevation gain and uncountable horsefly bites later, we arrived.

I guess "I can't" no longer counts...

We were going to replicate the starting picture of day 1, but that would have involved at least 20 unnecessary steps