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| Today we went to Gakwonsa Temple in Cheonan. Like most old stuff in Korea we had to walk up some stairs to get there. |
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| And then up a stone path. |
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| This guy was at the end of the path. His name is Amita-Bul. That's me on the right. |
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| Jacqui and Conrad were close behind. |
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| We brought the other kids along as well. |
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| Near Mr Bul were some temples. I felt weird taking pictures here cause everyone was bowing. It felt like taking pictures during church. |
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| This was the big main building in the middle of the temple. |
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| Jacqui and the kids in front of the main bldg. |
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| Inside that building. These were probably 10 ft tall. The inside of this building was pretty cool but I didn't take many pictures cause Jacqui told me that cameras were not allowed inside. |
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| They have a bell. |
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| The backwards swastika means peace but is widely used in Asia to mark temples on maps and road signs. |
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| Our friend Amita again. This time from over by the Temple buildings. |
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| I included this in case anyone wanted to read about the buildings. |
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| We walked up a trail. |
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| Jacqui and Conrad love walking. |
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| Delainey needed a PB&J and water break. |
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| Some parts of the trail were very steep. |
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| The Safety Officer probably would not approve. |
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| Jacqui found a place to get some water. |
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| She decided to just have a picture taken. I think she learned her lesson last time. |
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| The view from the drinking hole. |
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| Some times hiking felt more like climbing. Katrina is leading the way here. |
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| I climbed ahead to take some pictures. |
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| The Zimmers climbing up a steep part. |
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| The orange dot in the middle is Jacqui's hat. |
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| Delainey was very sad because she wanted a whole sandwich but all we had was two halves. This was at the top. |
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| We found an easier way to get down. Not nearly as direct as the way we came. Sometimes this trail went up and it said it was 3,800 meters back to the temples. |
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| Jacqui, Conrad and Delainey on the way down. |
This was another trail that you could never see in one day. The trail system is probably 30 miles of very rugged terrain, with lots of temples and sights along the way. We will probably go back here some time again. The real adventure of the day was getting there. Our GPS worked very poorly on the way there and never found a signal at all on the way home.
