Endiabrada and the Hidden Lakes

Most Westerly AWW Endiabrada and the Hidden Lakes walk, lead by John Davey, photo credits John and Nancy

Our start: Cantinho da Bordeira
Guests Tom and Margaret, Nancy, Steve and John behind the camera

John arrived fully prepared having made copies of the route for all participants. Early on the tone was set when we missed a turn. 

Lots of map reading and pointing

Some head scratching

Despite valiant efforts to reestablish the route, we rarely knew where we were. The hidden lakes stayed hidden and Steve requested a refund, having become very set on seeing lakes.

No clue

Next, our guest Margaret had a shoe fail.

Thankfully, Steve carries tape in his back pack

Every step of the way was beautiful and the weather nearly perfect. We had a few water crossings and wet areas to circumvent due to the recent rains.

Everyone stayed dry

Our very scenic lunch spot

Lunch with a view

Following lunch, Steve was certain he had established the correct circular route back and it seemed we were on the original planned route, now in reverse. However, we felt we could no longer ignore our guests concerns regarding our whereabouts and the likelihood that we would be back before sunset, so we turned around and walked back the way we came. 

Awesome leader

Back at the cantinho, the news of John's reputation as an awesome leader had spread and he was given the cup of honor. We all had an awesome time so that makes an awesome leader and as an American I can't say awesome enough. I'm not sure we'll see our guests again. They may have had a somewhat less than awesome experience.