Lunch Break!

This morning was a whole lot of uphill walking- 5 1/2 miles worth followed by a short downhill walk that led us into a stone quarry that was very dusty and hot. They were making cemetery headstones heree. After we walked up and out of the quarry we immediately found ourselves in a busy citywith lots it fall buildings and traffic. It seemed like this city sprung up out of nowhere.
We stopped for lunch at a restaurant and both had what we agree was the best meal we’ve had here in China. Hot Pot! It was a never ending hot pot because the mother that was working there kept coming out and adding more things into it for us to eat.
Doug and I both wanted to lighten our backpack loads a little so mom’s adult daughter took us to the Chinese equivalent of DSL and waited while we mailed some of our belongings home. We never would have found the place on our own.
We headed back to the restaurant where we had left our backpacks and asked to buy four bottles of water. They told us no charge. WE took a group picture; mom and I hugged and we hit the road. What a wonderful,kind s d caring family.