"Backpacking" Rusava to Svatý Hostýn, Czech Republic

From day two of my little overnight rural backpacking trip:

Sunrise at the campground:

More sunrise beauty, right before I saw the three deer I don't have pictures of:

Just a nice trail view, from near where I sat to dry my tent after the morning rain (red sky in morning and all that):

Not sure what flower:

Memorial to those who died in the mountains they loved (near Skalka):

More gorgeous views (with fleeting rain):

And more, from the viewpoint just down from Svatý Hostýn:

Elderflowers that some nice strangers told me how to pick and make into syrup (which I later did--delicious!):

At the pilgrimage site of Svatý Hostýn:

Beautiful stations of the cross:

Great day:  Rusava to  Svatý Hostýn and then down to the bus at Chvalčov.  11.1 km, 514 m gain.  

"Backpacking" Slušovice to Rusava, Czech Republic

 I went on a sort of rural overnight backpacking trip last weekend.  This is day one.  

The idyllic view from near Slušovice:

There was even a sheepdog carefully patrolling his flock and warning me not to get too close.

Green meadowed hills with clouds that seemed to pose just for me:

Wildlife:

Forest art gallery:

Castle (Ahh...Europe):  

Scary bottomless hole in the road:

Okay, so it had a bottom, but it was pretty creepy.  Thank goodness people marked it well.

A classic Czech spring (though this one's a more overgrown than usual).  I love how you'll often find cups hanging at these places so that anyone can take a civilized drink:

More wildlife in the spring.  Probably teenaged tadpoles.  But maybe fire salamander babies.

Feast of wild strawberries.  Okay...maybe FEAST isn't the right word for something so tiny.  But yummy.

What a great day.  Slušovice to Rusava via Lukov castle.  19.4 km, 571 m gain.  With a moderately heavy pack.    

Just a flower in the rain

 Seasons!!  Rain!!  Green things with flowers!!  What a lovely place the Czech Republic is.