Campsite in the mountains Waaay up above Bogazcik Adask to Small clearing 1000m up in the mountains north of Kas
Starting km: 141
Finishing km: 161
Distance walked: 20km
Another lovely day of walking. This one probably felt more like actual tramping than any other.
We left early, before the sun was over the horizon and at a shepherds' home in the next pasture downhill were met by a huuuuge dog. Sheep dogs in the mountains are often scary, so I was I I initially scared, but as it turned out, this one was a giant puppy and just wanted to play. Its mom was much lazier, but no more scary.
A while later we saw a giant parade of a few hundred goats being moved by three similar (in appearance… they weren't quite as friendly) dogs. Several of the goats were standing on their hind legs as they reached up to get at the more tender leaves of the trees.
A bit of road walking (and a couple of Lycian tombs just sitting there by a road cut) and we were in a scaled down replica of the charming farming valley we'd been in the previous day, right down to the wooden granaries built on the Lycian/Roman model.
We headed down what quickly turned into a logging road and around 10:45 saw our last other person of the day. From there it was all just walking through pleasantly cool pine forest. First down a river valley (with a stop at a delightful and unexpected spring, complete with fireplace and picnic area), then sidling up a hillside. Over 500m climbing to finish the day, but it was a gentle slope and shady almost all the way up and I even kind of enjoyed it.
By the time we were up at 1000m asl, the vegetation had changed to mostly scrub oak and the ground was hard and rocky. There were still enough clearings, and even some with softish flat ground that we could stop for a nice long rest, dinner, and a giagantic pomegranate before bed.
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