Hey Everyone!

Andrew here with a quick update on the Retezat trip!

We get out of our van and strap on our packs. Looking around you can see a beautiful blue sky with high bluffs filling the horizon. The sun is just past its zenith and everyone has an excited look about them. The sound of a river is audible as we start our short hike to our first campsite. We trek down a short path right over the rushing water. After a log bridge we hike up the other side of the hill and find ourselves in a wide open campsite!

There is a lot that happened during our trip, but ultimately this first campsite ended up being our second and third. The weather didn’t really cooperate with us, so we ended up staying at our first campsite the whole trip.

There were negative things about this, like not being able to make it to our 8232 foot destination, Peleaga (the highest point in the Retezat); however the positive side was that we could go on a bunch of day hikes without taking our heavy packs.

It was an amazing experience and our leaders did incredible jobs! I can say that we all had a great time.

I hope you all enjoy the pictures!

In God We Trust,

Andrew

Us, minutes before our first hike with our packs.

The amazing bridge we had to cross over before our first camp sight!

An amazing view from our first day hike! (If you look closely you can see us :)

Us on our second day hike. You’ve got to love blue skies!

Our fearless leaders (minus Daniel).

Me and my cook group, the Afina’s, on our last day.