On the Road to Cova Donga

Farms Eucalyptus Trees Farmhouses

Man at Work

Replenishing Gas

Mountains and Valleys

Rivers

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Ancient Bridges with an Ancient Symbol

The Cross Encompassing All

Alpha and Omega

First and Last

The Ancient Bridge

Asturian Costume

Basilica of Santa María la Real

In the Mountains

Colorful Home in the Mountains

Rustic Home in the Mountains

Wooden Bui;ding Used to Store Grain

Built on Stilts to Protect the Harvest from Mice

The Mountains of Limestone and a Road to the Top

Tiny Flowers In the Rocks

Thistle and Its Thorns

The Little Purple One

Vertical Formation of Limestone

Eroded and Formed by Water

Still Climbing

And One of Many Cows and their Bells in the Mountains

Roving Families on the Road

And the Clouds Say High

Cows Obstructing Traffic Up the Mountains

And the Snow Capped Mountains Say Very High and Verry Cold

Some opf the Cows Stay Home and Make Very Expensive Cheese

Red Tiled barn Held Down by Rocks

Barns and Green Meadows among the Limestone Mountains

Picos de Europa National Park

At the End of the Road Two Beautiful Lakes

Lake Enol and Lake Ercina

The Beauty Inspires a Woman to Deep Introspection 

Onward Among the Shifting Clous to the Second Lake

Via and Old Mine

…and a Short Hike

…with the Sights and Sound of Cows All Around

…and beautiful Rock Formation of the Limestone

We Reach the Second Glacial Lake

Great to be Here

Surrounded by Snow Capped Picos de Europa

More Cows and Tiny Yellow Flowers

Connecting with the Beautiful Animal

Surrounded by a Symphony of Bells

Where is the Lindt Chocolate? 

Oh we are in Spain!

And the Ugly reality of What goes in Must Come Out

And Only the the Flies Are there to Appreciate It

And Perhaps the Soil

And the Purple Thistle

A Peek at Lake 1 from Above and Through the Couds

And the Hike Back to the Bus

Via the Mine

and Its Old Entrance

and the Old Guard Now Silent

but with Many Stories to Tell

often Told Under the Roof of the Moss Covered Red Tile held Down by Rocks During the Ravages of Stormy and Cold Weather

A Pool of Water at the BAse of the Covadonga

and a Waterfall

and a Tiny Church at the Entrance to the Shrine

And then Back Down the Mountain to the Cave of our Lady the Virgin Mary

Cavadonga

Entering the Church of thr Shrine

The Church Housing the Covadonga

A Replica of the Shrine in the Covadonga

Looking Out from the Cave to the Moutains

And to the Adjoining Basilica of Santa María la Realfrom the Covadonga