Well, it is Sunday night and Jake and I just got back from the Blue Mountains. We left Saturday morning and drove out to Featherdale Wildlife Park where we got to be up close with the animals. We got to pet koala bears and kangaroos. It was pretty cool. Saturday was the more relaxing day of our weekend. Sunday nearly killed me. In all of my stair climbing in Europe today beats any of those days. Today we either climbed up or down a total of 2200 stairs. We climbed down the first 900 which you would think would be easier then going up. Believe me when I say that it is not. By the time we got to the bottom my legs where so shaky I could barely stand. We then hiked about 4 kilometers which is roughly 2.5 miles across the valley floor to the Scenic Railway where we rode the cable car back up to the top. We then rode the Skyway across the mountain to where we could hike along the cliffs back to where we started. By this time I was completely exhausted.
We then headed over to Jenolan Caves where we got to tour a pretty spectacular cave called Lucas Cave which had another 900 stairs in it. After that we did a self guided tour of Nettle Cave. It wasn't as impressive as Lucas Cave but at least we got to climb another 400 stairs. My legs are officially dead and I am about to fall asleep even though it is only 10:30.
Also towards the end of all the hiking the baby was kicking me like crazy. I'm not sure if it was because he/she liked it or hated it. At least I got some exercise over the weekend.
Pictures of our trip have been posted here.
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