I just remembered that last spring I posted my plan for the summer. So time to check the list and see how I did.
- Motorbike. Well, we all (the regular blog readers, anyway) know what happened with that. Crash boom bang. Add some bad weather and it’s a recipe for leaving the Tricker in the garage. On top of everything else, the motorbike turned out to be a bad photographer’s buddy. It’s just simply not practical to haul the gear on the bike and even if I did, I’d still have a problem with all the protective clothing because it’s not suited for photography, so I’d need a change of clothes as well. I proved myself that I’m not afraid of the motorbike after my accident so I’m not giving up because of it, and thus, the Tricker is now officially for sale!
- Mountains. Yes, been there, seen it, done that. Found a lot of nice new places but I guess the biggest mountain-related thing of the summer is that I bought a piece of land there. So there’ll be more mountains in the future, for sure.
- Waterfalls. Yes, found plenty of those, some of them were positive surprises and others were disappointments. I didn’t get a chance to do my ”waterfall day” which would’ve taken me to four different waterfalls I hadn’t seen yet, but I did get to see one of those four and it fell way short from my expectations. So if I do the waterfall day next year, I’ll have a more manageable three falls left to see.
Although I implied that I wouldn’t put as much energy into searching orchids as I did last year, this turned out to be an orchid intensive summer anyway. I’m still basking in the glory of finding the alpine chamorchis, at long last!
A little bit surprisingly, I don’t have any plans for next summer. I don’t even have plans for the winter. Or next weekend, come to think of it. The long term plans depend very much on what I get done with the cabin – if I get it built next summer, then naturally all my spare time will be spent on that. Now that’s something to look forward to!