On Friday, April 10th, it was a statutory holiday and the offices were closed and so Elder Woolsey and I hiked stages 5 and 6 of the Wilson Trail. We took the MTR to Wong Tai Sin and started the hike there. As we got out of the MTR station, we were at the big temple in Wong Tai Sin. I put this picture in so you could see lion rock in the background above the temple gate. We are looking north and start our hike on the south side of the range of mountains that lion rock is a part of.
The sign says that this is a difficult hike. It was long, as a result of doing two stages. There wan't too much of it that was steep and a difficult climb. The day was great. It was overcast and the wind was blowing a little. It was about 73 degrees, but the wind kept it feeling cool. And we had fairly good visibility--about five miles.
This is on top of one of the ridges over-looking Sha Tin as this city spreads out in the Sha Tin valley to the Tolo Harbor. The colors of the trees and bushes on the mountains were vibrant and there were many of them. It is beautiful in the mountains this time of year.
Elder Woolsey and I on one of the long upward climbs.
One of the many tunnels in the mountains. This one is unique because the cars are out of the tunnel just a few yards and then right back into the mountains.
As I said, the mountains were full of color and the greens especially were varied and rich.
The faint mountain toward the middle left is lion rock. Now we are looking back at it southward. We have walked all of the way around it to the east and then proceeded north until this picture was taken. We have walked a long ways over many mountains. My pedometer registered 30,000 steps on this hike. As the crow flies, it is supposed to be only twelve and a half miles, but with the up and down it was more like fifteen or sixteen.
This is a view of the Jubilee reservoir. The sign at the reservoir said that it held three hundred thousand million gallons of water. I don't know why they just didn't say it was three hundred billion gallons. But it was a lot of water. I didn't include the dam, but it was impressive as well.
On Friday, April 10th, it was a statutory holiday and the offices were closed and so Elder Woolsey and I hiked stages 5 and 6 of the Wilson Trail. We took the MTR to Wong Tai Sin and started the hike there. As we got out of the MTR station, we were at the big temple in Wong Tai Sin. I put this picture in so you could see lion rock in the background above the temple gate. We are looking north and start our hike on the south side of the range of mountains that lion rock is a part of.
The sign says that this is a difficult hike. It was long, as a result of doing two stages. There wan't too much of it that was steep and a difficult climb. The day was great. It was overcast and the wind was blowing a little. It was about 73 degrees, but the wind kept it feeling cool. And we had fairly good visibility--about five miles.
This is on top of one of the ridges over-looking Sha Tin as this city spreads out in the Sha Tin valley to the Tolo Harbor. The colors of the trees and bushes on the mountains were vibrant and there were many of them. It is beautiful in the mountains this time of year.
Elder Woolsey and I on one of the long upward climbs.
One of the many tunnels in the mountains. This one is unique because the cars are out of the tunnel just a few yards and then right back into the mountains.
As I said, the mountains were full of color and the greens especially were varied and rich.
The faint mountain toward the middle left is lion rock. Now we are looking back at it southward. We have walked all of the way around it to the east and then proceeded north until this picture was taken. We have walked a long ways over many mountains. My pedometer registered 30,000 steps on this hike. As the crow flies, it is supposed to be only twelve and a half miles, but with the up and down it was more like fifteen or sixteen.
This is a view of the Jubilee reservoir. The sign at the reservoir said that it held three hundred thousand million gallons of water. I don't know why they just didn't say it was three hundred billion gallons. But it was a lot of water. I didn't include the dam, but it was impressive as well.
you have some amazing scenery..when mother nature lets you get a glimpse at it :)
ReplyDeleteTanner says "the pictures are awesome, but we still want you to come home..." Isaak says "why, I want them to search more for cool things and come home after that", Savannah says "I wish I was hiking with you! I went jogging with Tanner and mom last night and I could keep up for sure!"
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