New places!

June 15, 2010

Here’s an update from Christina Melton –

Last week, Violeta and I and some friends of ours from Nikšić went up to the mountains to scope out possible hikes for teenage camp, which is approaching quickly!

We set out from Nikšić and expected a 2 hour drive; however, we came upon road construction and were forced to go backwards and take another road (typical Montenegro!), which meant lots more time on the car

I thought that I had seen all the pretty places in Montenegro, but I was completely wrong. Thanks to the road closing, we got to drive past Piva Lake, which was once a deep canyon and was then filled with water. I think I have found my new favorite lake! (I didn’t take this picture, but this is what we saw as we headed up the road away from the lake!)

We then set out for Durmitor National Park with just under a quarter tank of gas. After about 30 minutes of beautiful, hilly, sheep-filled landscape, our gas light came on. Oops.

Thankfully, we made it to a gas station by driving downhill in neutral, but we had a moment there when we though we were going to get stuck in the middle of nowhere!

Here are some pictures (again, that I did not take, but our friend from Nikšić took along the way) to give you an idea of what the middle of nowhere looks like: