Day 2, tuesday

Tuesday was a good day, although not as full as Monday. We got up and filled up 2 of the vans (Chris and the kids didn’t want to come) to drive to Glenarchy. It was a beautiful drive and took a few hours. Why did we drive there? Because we stopped at the scene of Isengard and at the entrance to Lothlorien. It was awesome! We took pictures and I got a couple sticks and rocks as souvenirs, no big deal. James drove the van I was in for that trip and he was hilarious! The drive took us through several little river/streams and James loved driving through them at high speeds. We went through the biggest one 5 times, forward and backward because he loved it so much. Ramona drove the van behind us and she was so proud that she could follow him

Once we got back from our driving adventure we had free time for the rest of the day. Several people took naps, some went shopping, but a few people decided to go downstairs for the activity of the day put on by the hostel. It was a hike up the gondola. We were given conflicting information about it though, one guy told us we could easily wear flip flops and that it would just be a little walk but then the girl that actually gave the tour told us to go change our shoes. It turned out to be a pretty intense hike that went straight up the face of the mountain. It was soooo steep, but the view from the top was incredible and I am so glad that I decided to go instead of taking a nap.

Our guide got called into work at her other job so as soon as we got to the top she took off and we were on our own. Before she left though she passed out free drink coupons for the altitude bar along with a meal and drink for 5$ coupon. So we all went to dinner at the bar and all 20 girls ordered a pizza and a juice of some kind. The bartender was really confused that none of us were drinking when we had free drinks. To end the wonderful Tuesday we went to the movie room and watched the Fellowship of the Ring. There weren’t many people in there when we started it but by the end I’m pretty sure that we would have been classified as a fire hazard. There was absolutely no room for another person. It was hot and uncomfortable for people and I felt bad for the girls that were watching it for the first time (I know, sad) because they didn’t have a very good experience. But I enjoyed it as always and went to bed happy.