"Hiking at Donhoksa"

Last Sabbath was our last day to rest before this new term started. This term is a very busy one with no days off, and only two weekends without duties. So we decided to head to the mountain for some relaxing time hiking and being out in nature. Boy, were we surprised when we got there and had to dodge people all the way up the trail. It was like being in an amusment park with no rides. The "line" never ended! But the scenery was really beautiful and we got to see a Buddhist temple that was started in the 6th century! There were buddhist "nuns" there and everything. They shave their heads, so the kids kept saying, "What is he doing?" everytime one of them walked by. We also saw people who came there to worship. They were really bowing down to idols in the temple. It was a good lesson for us to share with the kids. Most of these photos don't really need much explaination...

Under one of the eaves of the building...

This is the temple where people were worshipping.

This was some of the beautiful fall scenery we got to see. What's amazing is that there are no people in the photo!

If you look carefully there are people in this photo :)

By this point I had carried Grace on my shoulders for quite awhile and we were debating whether to keep going because the trail got steeper and it was large rocks that made up the path. But not only that, there were still so many people to dodge! And they didn't move out of the way for me even when I had Grace on my shoulders. They just pushed right through and I was going uphill! And, there's no 'right side' when you are on a sidewalk or stairs or hiking trail. Everyone walks where ever they choose.

This one gives a good idea of what it was like all the way up and back! It makes me claustrophobic just to look at this photo!

This was over the path at the beginning where the trail was still really wide and paved. I thought it was really pretty with the trees all around it.