Up before dawn and it's snowing!

A busy day started with breaking camp before dawn. Snow flurries greeted us as we hurriedly stowed Sura and readied her for the road. Breakfast would come after we have covered several miles in daylight.

We continued north and over the pass winding once again through beautiful canyons laced with fast running streams. Along the shore of a reservoir we stopped for "brekky" (camp-speak for breakfast). While there we spotted a fish farm and decided to give it a try. We'll be having fresh trout for dinner (still flopping out of there water pens) and we paid $1.75 a pound!!!!!

Down into a lush green valley and the up high again over another range, we stopped in a sweet, neat, and bustling mountain village to shop the producesrket for supplies. The looks a people's faces as Sura passes by are priceless. Dropped jaws and inquisitive stares often precede a hand wave and a smile.

So...our driver saw a side road on the map that might save us some time. He confirmed that the road would get us where we needed to be. The "road" soon became a less than one lane dirt track over a 6,090 ft pass. For those who went to Machu Pichu, think that ascent road, only steeper, narrower, and more interesting. This is Overlanding! Yahoo!

We stopped on grassy knoll overlooking a creek and had lunch-leftover Spaghetti Bolognese from last night. You can't go wrong with pasta two times in a row.!

Mountain roads and a late arrival found us in camp at the base of the Sumela Monastery. Grilled fish and lentil soup. Tom is cooking tonight!