Gargano Beach Hike

For the last few years we have gone up to the Gargano and hiked along this lovely wooded trail that hugs the coastline down to a white pebbled beach. It is a great hike. We decided to take a picnic down while Rachael was visiting. As you can see, it was a sunny day when we started....

Rachael, Olivia and Eileen at the start of our hike (Doesn't Eileen look good in my sweater!) Hey Eileen, I am still waiting for my sweater to be returned!!!

Entering the woods

Arrival and picnic preparation

Ms. Rachael and the white cliffs

Some sisterly consultations

Oops! Mom was taking our picture!

Olivia let me snap a candid shot just before she dozed off for a quick nap.

After our filling picnic we laid down for a little snooze and to soak up some vitamin D. When we opened our eyes we realized this dark cloud was sneaking around the tip of the peninsula and we still had a 30 minute hike ahead of us to get back to the car!

Up we popped and gathered our things to start the sprint to the car.

See the rustic fence we went through?

And the lovely olive orchards we passed. By now it was starting to sprinkle.

Here we are back at the same spot as the first picture. A little wetter than planned but still a great hike.