My Fulbright Year in Taiwan

Stacy likes to go for a hike on Mother’s Day. Usually, that means going to the Fenner Nature Center in Lansing. This year, we have many, many more options for hiking. Stacy decided on a trail in Jiao Xi 礁溪, about ten minutes from our apartment in Yilan. The trail goes up a mountain, through a valley with a stream and many waterfalls, then back down the mountain. The weather was a bit humid, so we all got pretty sweaty. But the walk was great, the scenery was beautiful as usual, and there were not many people on the trail.

The head of the trail.

Not far into the walk, we started going uphill. Some of the terrain was pretty rough.

Cooling off by a stream in the valley.

In the valley.

Some of the trail was steep and rough.

We pay for them in the States. They're weeds in Taiwan.

Literally cooling her heels after the walk. Pssssssssss!