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! Since a couple of weeks we have a real Spring around here in the plains. T° are up in the 19-21°C range during the day and 10-13°C during the nights and, since the weather forecast for the weekend was good, I decided to go for a hike to get some scenery and have a look at how the thaw is going . Its always a beautiful season in the mountains; rivers, creeks and mountain brooks are in full swing due to the melting ice and snow and the flowers blossoming is amazing. My elder son (14 yrs. old) joined me this time and we had some father & son moments 
, not happening so often with the usual busy family life!
We took a rather easy trail, initially following a small river with some nice waterfalls and climbed up to a small Alpine pond, reaching 2300 m. A beautiful blue sky and a warm sun upon us . The cold was still biting up there but ice is really melting and, with a stretch of imagination, one can even feel a bit in a little Antarctica . Strolled around the small lake a bit, took some shots, met a grazing chamois and then we headed down to one of our favourite clearing, a high pasture land (1550 m) which always is covered by a carpet of crocus flowers (mainly Crocus albiflorus and Crocus vernus) during this season. We were not disappointed! Millions of flowers in full blossom! :thumbup: Sat down in front of a magnificent scenery, had our small lunch, some talks and we played a bit with easy camp tasks, collecting some wood, chopping it down, starting a small camp fire and put to work some new and old tools. Since I just got a new ZT0095 last week, I thought it would have been nice to put it down to work a bit. Not a camping tool as such but she managed, good knife! Finished up our lunch, got a rest and some more talks, cleaned up our spot and headed down to the village in the valley. Made it home for mid-afternoon where we gathered with the rest of the family in time for the afternoon Mass. Some pics, just to share !
! Since a couple of weeks we have a real Spring around here in the plains. T° are up in the 19-21°C range during the day and 10-13°C during the nights and, since the weather forecast for the weekend was good, I decided to go for a hike to get some scenery and have a look at how the thaw is going . Its always a beautiful season in the mountains; rivers, creeks and mountain brooks are in full swing due to the melting ice and snow and the flowers blossoming is amazing. My elder son (14 yrs. old) joined me this time and we had some father & son moments , not happening so often with the usual busy family life! We took a rather easy trail, initially following a small river with some nice waterfalls and climbed up to a small Alpine pond, reaching 2300 m. A beautiful blue sky and a warm sun upon us
. The cold was still biting up there but ice is really melting and, with a stretch of imagination, one can even feel a bit in a little Antarctica . Strolled around the small lake a bit, took some shots, met a grazing chamois and then we headed down to one of our favourite clearing, a high pasture land (1550 m) which always is covered by a carpet of crocus flowers (mainly Crocus albiflorus and Crocus vernus) during this season. We were not disappointed! Millions of flowers in full blossom! :thumbup: Sat down in front of a magnificent scenery, had our small lunch, some talks and we played a bit with easy camp tasks, collecting some wood, chopping it down, starting a small camp fire and put to work some new and old tools. Since I just got a new ZT0095 last week, I thought it would have been nice to put it down to work a bit. Not a camping tool as such but she managed, good knife! Finished up our lunch, got a rest and some more talks, cleaned up our spot and headed down to the village in the valley. Made it home for mid-afternoon where we gathered with the rest of the family in time for the afternoon Mass. Some pics, just to share !
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