Hello again everyone, and to our new friend Florian. Welcome to our trip to Europe. After two days of rain and even snow on higher elevations, the clouds are parting the sun is peaking out. God again has cleaned the air and refreshed these beautiful mountains. As we say in Colorado, tomorrow we " break camp" and head for the beautiful limestone mountains of northern Italy The Dolomites. We say goodbye to one beautiful region to look to another. We will spend a week in a valley called the Val Badai. It is about a 3 to 4 hour drive. Will keep you abreast of our travels. Here are some pictures from today and a couple from before the rain. God bless LOWELL .... read more

This day could not have been nicer ! We thought we would stay 3 nights but have decided to stay a week. Yesterday was not a good day for me, but today I'm feeling better. We probably need to slow down some. ? There are about 6 cable car routes, so it is fun getting up high. The views are extraordinary. Hope you like the photos. Lowell... read more

Hello again. It's me your favorite blog meister ? Where are the weeks going. And where has the month gone ? Sept. Is just on the doorstep. Today we did a high altitude hike above the valley. The day was fine but late this afternoon, big thunder and heavy rain. It was good that we were back in our apartment ? The images of the hike do not give the impression of how steep the trail was to the down side. We did not bring our hiking staffs (unfortunately) So we had to be very careful in places. Here are some photos from today Tomorrow we once again will go to the large cabin cars to the Stubaital Glacier. Oh by the way Frankie, I do not speak Austrian but I speak Australian ? Lowell... read more

Hello everybody it's me again ? Today we went to the end of the valley to go up the Stubaital Glacier. It was fantastic. Any picture I post would Never do it justice!! So far this week has been the best so far of the 3 weeks we have been in Europe. Our apartment is great. It is much larger than the one we had in Germany. But one of the extras we receive is the Super Stubai Card that let's us travel up all the lift systems, all the buses, and even a tram from here to Innsbruck and back. Free with this card. And also the mountain bob sled I mentioned in an earlier blog. Did you see it on you tube? Here's some images from today. Lowell... read more

Good evening all, It's 8:30 here in Austria. 3 weeks since we left from Denver. Funny about time. When your home time flys by quite rapidly. When your away on a trip it seems to crawl. I don't say that in a negative opsevation, it's just like that. ? Today was a "cracker of a day" as they would say in New Zealand. Sunny 72 degrees no wind. We took 2 lifts up in 2 parts of the valley. I will post an image map of each. Both were different. About the same elevation above the valley floor. The Elfer lift is at 1800 m and is frequented by a cadraupara-gliders. There would be no way to count them. We hiked some there but decided to decent and take another lift. The Series Lift taking us ... read more