Here are a few more pictures from Algarve. We didn't just see beautiful beaches on our holiday break!
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| The View From the Top of castle |
These are "cork" trees. Cork is a big export item for Portugal along with olive oil. Notice the bottom of the trunk...it looks darker than the rest. That is where the 'bark' (cork) has been stripped. You can only strip the cork off of a tree every 9 years! We saw them in fields all along the roadside in this southern part of Portugal.
This is proof that our Garmin is secretly trying to kill us!! We were looking for a fairly large city. We could see it on the map with what looked like pretty main roads leading to it. We plugged it into our Garmin and 'she' took us on a crazy, winding, narrow road up into the mountains with HUGE drop offs and in pouring rain!! When 'she' told us to turn onto a one lane dirt road next to a sheer drop off I begged Elder Anderton to turn around. This is the spot where we made the turn....seeing parts of Portugal that I'm sure few have seen. Luckily we made it down safely, had we gone off the edge no one would have ever found us! We plugged in our 'home' address and drove directly home instead...We'll have to keep a close eye on 'Bertha' - you can't believe everything she says
2 comments:
those look like some fun trails to take in a (small) ranger!! maybe if you change the Garmin to a man's voice, it will work properly?? ok, maybe not! fun adventures!
What!!! That is my worst nightmare! Driving off a cliff. I hate heights. I bet dad was a little daring too. Glad u got him to turn around.!
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