May 7, 2017
What a breathtaking exhilarating experience! Breathtaking from breathing hard as we climbed a steep mountain side and breathtaking from the beauty allong the path and at the top.
We love being able to spend time with our Young Adults. We love the joy they have together and the joy they bring into our lives.
Saturday we climbed Monte Capo Gallo with 7 fun loving, strong, happy young men, well some of us were older but all of us young in spirit. Monte Capo Gallo is near Mondello in the providence of Palermo just a few miles from us.
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| Salvo and Marco drove to the trailhead with us |
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| Luca, Marco, Domenico, Dennis with Carle, me, John, Salvo, and Craig |
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| Our starting view overlooking Palermo |
Once everyone had arrived we started off. Our goal the top of the mountain and a former lighthouse.
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| Most of those homes on the hillside are vacant |
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| First resting point and picture taking |
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| He is carrying our water, yay! |
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| Oh a hiking we will go |
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| Salvo, Craig, Luka, John, Marco, Dennis with Carli, and Domenico |
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| Dennis made us a walking stick |
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| We can see our goal that lighthouse is where it is at |
We or I at least enjoyed the wildflowers and varied plants along the way from cacti to pine trees.
Upon reaching the top we sighted the former lighthouse. A gentleman has taken over the lighthouse as his own decorating it as his worship to God.
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| Mosaic rocks marking our path |
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| Welcoming view |
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| All the mosaic was done by one man |
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| Upclose view |
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| Angels with their trumpets sounding |
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| The man who did all the work |
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| Star of David in his workshop |
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| Inside that tower it is covered with mosaic |
Although we were not able to enter his home, we did enjoy the area around us.
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| Craig, Marco, and Dennis with Carli |
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| Sometimes group selfies work |
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| Sometimes group selfies don't |
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| Dennis wishes he could fly |
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| Looking down to the sea |
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| Isn' that view behind us amazing?! |
The trail down was almost as difficult with the slick rocks and pebbles but we made it. We might be tired, hot, and dirty but we were happy still.
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| Marco, Salvo, and Dennis with Carli |
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| Happy to have completed the trail |
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| We are true Palermotonos when we stuff the car |
My friend Salvo made this cool video about our hike if you want to check it out.
Monte Capo Gallo
2 comments:
Holy cow.... I'm totally exhausted and equally thrilled to participate in this incredible hike to the light house.
Thank you for enlighting my life....
And super thank you. For (just) being you!!!!
I am a neighbor of Sabrina Cantrell and I served my mission in Catania from May 1989 to December 1990. I remember Salvo. He knows me as Sorella Behrens from Palos Verdes, California. I was companions with Sorella Peterson who had red hair and is from Orem, Utah. Sorella Peterson is now married with three kids and teaches Italian at BYU. I have four children and I teach Business Strategy at BYU and own a consulting firm that specializes in Enterprise Risk Management and Strategy.
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