Sunday, 9/27
We had the best time experiencing this awesome area, driving up, up, up so high it seemed we drove right up into the clouds. We checked the webcams before we started out this morning so we knew the first half would be cloudy and the other would be sunny.
We drove higher and higher, first encountering little pockets of snow next to the road, then snow about one foot deep, then we went higher and encountered wind and temps at 0 degrees Celsius. Somewhere in all those clouds were awesome alps but we could only catch an occasional glimpse. It was windy and freezing cold at this point and we'd jump out and take a couple of photos, then jump back in the car and warm up! Driving further on we drove out of the clouds and into the sunshine. The temperature changed +10 degrees in just a few minutes! The sky cleared on this side and we had an amazing view of the mountains and valley below.
We arrived at the Kaiser Franz Josef visitor center and took a bunch of photos, then had a nice warm lunch in the restaurant. We walked along the path looking for the ibex that were reintroduced into the area, but we never spotted any. We did see marmots though, the little things are actually quite loud when they start barking. (It sounds like barking anyway)
We drove back to the road that takes you to Heilinginblut. I have to say that the view looking down into the valley and to the mountains far away at the end was one of the most beautiful vistas I have ever seen. Unfortunately, there isn't really a place to safely turn out to take a photo of it so I'll just have to relive it in my memory. :)
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