Sunday, May 11
The weather was not great, very cloudy with some crappy lighting. We stayed close to the town of Ainsa where we're staying
To top it all off, low hanging clouds hid the taller peaks and mountains so we ended up aborting the drive to see the peaks.
A nearby church, clouds meant no
Views of the valley below.
We ate lunch at the Pizza
Place in the Plaza Mayor
View of Picon de Libro
Main church tower
We spent the afternoon futzing with and failing to get the small washer/drier unit in the hotel to dry clothes fully.
Washing functions were fine but drying, not so much. The last load was still slightly damp so we just hung things up for drying overnight.
Monday, May 12
A much clearer day today for pics. We left after some in-room instant coffee to hit the road into the mountains. This resulted in very light traffic and good lighting at first.
Our morning view of Old Ainsa
Near a small hydroelectric dam:
Turned out we couldn't see Monte Perdido from the Parador's location.
Parking area / main trailhead
Parking Monitors
Punta Felqueral is obscured by clouds
We found that the road ends at a Parador (national hotel), which was being worked on. No way to drive further in so we turned around and headed to Tella-Sin.
It turned out not to be the hillside town we'd spotted on the way to Pineta. (Martha thinks it was Laspuña)...still, a neat hilltop village:
The town's claim to fame are ancient Dolmens and tours involving the Cave of the Bear (Cueva del Oso). We passed on both.
We then drove back to the N-260 road and had lunch in Broto as we headed towards the western edge of the park.
Some stuff we came across along the way:
Snow melt current on
Rio Ara
Driving back on the HU-631, spanning the Vio Valley. Just as full of twists as the N-260 but less traffic. More cows than cars!
3 comments:
Those are beautiful mountains. Glad Monday was a clear day for you.
Indeed, Oz....not so great predictions for next couple of days.
We were camping in Broto off-season and loved hiking the canyon. I have heard that a visit in high-season is not so much fun and you need the shuttle service to get to the trailheads. Cheers, SonjaM
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