Seoraksan

A couple weeks ago I visited Seoraksan National Park. As fall winds down, I figured it would be the last time I could see the red and yellow leaves before winter. Seoraksan is renowned for its beautiful scenery and the best place to hike in Korea.

Sammy, Chris, and I wandered off the path and went straight up one side of the mountain. We also did a little "boulder bowling" and had a contest to see who could push the biggest boulder down the mountain. Very manly stuff.
This is the view atop the mountain we climbed. The white thing in the middle is the end of a cable car you can take from the bottom of the mountain. I guess it's a good spot to see a waterfall from there.

Right after this picture I threw one more rock down the mountain. It wasn't the biggest one of the day, but it crashed on one side of the ledge we were standing on and took half of the ledge off and created a massive rock slide. We were speechless for about a minute and decided that was the end of Boulder Bowling. I won the contest.

This is the mountain from two pictures ago. Great view of Seoraksan Park but it was so windy at times I had to lie down or risk being blown away.




Buddhist Nazis?

On the second day we did another hike at a different place in Seoraksan. Here's another temple.


Richard playing with a "mushroom."
Richard playing with some dogs at a bus stop on the way home. Mom is a little wary of this intruder.




We saw the T-1000 from the "Terminator" directing traffic at the park.