There it is!
We eventually pulled in to the parking lot of a government-run National Park site. By this time it was absolutely miserable outside the bus. With virtually no trees around for shade I was all for staying on the bus and observing what little I could see from inside our air-conditioned cocoon. James led us to the park's office building which was closing for the day. Behind it I could see a very long dirt path leading uphill through a pasture infested with sheep. At the top of the distant hill I could just make out a gray wall. the energetic kids in our group immediately broke into a run toward the hilltop. When I saw some of the folks that were even older than myself walking up the incline, I wasn't about to wimp out again. I was sweating like a pig when I finally made the crest of the hill, but the view was well worth it.