Jumps, Toboggans, and not much food

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6-20-2019  (Back on wifi! Standby for today's and yesterday's post:)
DAY 2


Today we woke up early in Barcelona after staying in the hostel called the Bird House. We packed up our stuff, ate a breakfast of sandwiches from a café down the street, and hit the road for Sierra de Guara.

I also spotted a cool bridge off to the side of the road, and we stopped to take some photos!



We arrived in the town of Colungo where my mom had booked an awesome apartment for us. Then, we headed out for our first canyon called Barranco Formiga. Our plan was to get lunch along the route, however we were unable to find a restaurant during 45 minutes of driving and passing through 6 small towns. Only a few hours before in Barcelona, there was food every where, and now there was almost none to be found! So we a0te the food we had in our car – Belvita crackers and nectarines. We called it lunch and hit the trail for a 5-hour canyoning/via ferrata adventure.


The hike in was interesting because it had a via ferrata as part of the trail. After repelling into the canyon 60 feet, we struggled to squeeze into our wet suits before jumping into the chilly waters. The canyon was beautiful – with turquoise water and towering walls. 


There was also some old ruins tucked into the hillside on our walk out. 


There were a bunch of repels, water slides (in Spanish, it is called toboggan), and jumps. We were having a blast - then a helicopter started flying low above the canyon. We reached a big jump and after James and I launched ourselves into the pool below, we found out a person in the group in front of us had gotten severely injured. As we waited for the rest of our family to repel down, the helicopter descended, blowing leaves, dirt, and sticks up into the canyon where we were. The injured person was lifted up into the helicopter and the canyon was tranquil again with an added layer of worry.
 



 


By the time we reached the end of the canyon, our stomachs were complaining as it was 8:30pm and we had not eaten real food since breakfast.  We packed up and headed back to Colungo for a late dinner and some dry clothes, arriving at the restaurant around 9:45pm. The food was basic, but our stomachs sure didn’t mind.


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