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Mountain Wanderings

Reflecting the Setting Sun (photo by Meredith Stone) Our trip to Süd Tirol feels like a long time ago now--John has left for two trips since we returned from our family trip.  We are getting back into our routines again.  But in my mind’s eye I can still see the light gray Dolomites surging up against the backdrop of a blue sky, green mountains spreading down in the foreground.   Our Approach Road (see first post about Süd Tirol)-photo by Meredith Stone Rittnerhorn Summit (photo by Ralph Stone) We took a few hikes with the children.  The one I most wanted to do turned out to be only the prelude to what became my favorite. We took a cable car to the start of the hike, and then hiked the rest of the way up to the 2260 meter summit.  We had a gorgeous day for this, but it turned out to be steeper than I had thought.  Elisabeth had no trouble.  Henry kept on pretty well but I was quite grateful that he needed to stop and rest as much as he d...