One: Alpine meadows in the rain

In the weeks after returning from Gannan, I did not stop hiking, and went to the alpine meadows two weeks ago (September 2). It was a day after a few days of heavy rain, and it was cloudy and foggy, and there was hardly anything to be seen on the meadow. Of course, the scenery on the meadow is always different, no matter what the weather, what the season, there will be interesting beauty that makes the trip worthwhile, and this is still the case today. When I walked quickly to the small god tree to report (since I was fortunate enough to meet it in the winter four years ago, I have been greeting it first every time I visited), I was surprised to see a small red fruit on this "little god tree". I've seen it for so many years, but it's the first time I've seen it as a tree that bears red beans. The team leader said he hadn't seen the tree bear fruit either.

I was very surprised to see a tree of red beans, I looked up and said to myself: Hey, you still have red beans?

I saw that the tree was really fruitful, dense and solid, and the vigorous branches were pressed down, and all the red bean-like fruits between the green leaves were brightened, and the small tree looked more heroic, as if it was proudly opened to us, and it seemed to tell me that it was not only a "snow god tree" on a snowy day, but also a tree that could produce a red bean. Hey, it's even more divine!

Oh, this little tree of red beans really makes me like it even more. I looked at a tree of red beans and wondered if it was the first time this year that it was fruiting, or did I not come when it bore fruit every year?

At the same time, it once again confirms the sentence "I thought it was the most familiar place, but there are so many surprises that we don't know." "This year is a surprise in the alpine meadows. The willow orchids that bloomed all over the slope last month have already made me ecstatic. After a month, I saw the "Snow God Tree" full of red beans. Both of these are new to me after six years at the meadow.

The great beauty of Qinling, I really don't know what unexpected surprises are waiting for me again!

It is precisely because of this tree of red beans that this Dongpinggou crossing the Dongfogou is more happy. However, going down the mountain from Dongfogou has suffered a lot, and the arrow bamboo forest is full of rain, and everyone is soaked when they get in. When I arrived at the rhododendron forest, it began to rain, and then I waded through the river, one after another, and my waterproof shoes were soaked after I got out of the mountain.

There was also an unexpected harvest on the way, I saw some porcini mushrooms in Dongfogou, and my teammates and I picked some. However, I knew that it was porcini mushrooms, but I thought about it and let it go. It's so delicious, why don't you take it home and eat it? Haha, you know.

Two: Twists and turns, half of the rain in the horse

Last week (September 16), I saw an unfamiliar outdoor route through Nanwutai. I thought about it, I had been there a few times by car, but I hadn't been there on foot, so I decided to go there. Registration was delayed until Friday. I'm really worried about the rain again, and I've been in the mountains too many times this year. I feel that since the beginning of the mountain climbing, the rain has become the new normal. Besides, the current weather forecast is really a "forecast", a sunny day will be reported for a while, and it will be rainy again in a few hours.

At night, I found that the temporary group that pulled me was a horse beam? If you look at it in detail, it is Nanwutai on Sunday, so you have to make a mistake. I never wanted to go after the rain. I went to Lujiaoliang twice, and I knew that the section of the road that coincided with the horse beam, I had to wade through the river and cross the river. It's been raining these days.

Gather at Xiaozhai at 7:10 in the morning, this point is a bit early for me. In addition, this is the third time I have taken the subway in Xi'an, and I hurried to the nearest subway entrance to the school. I walked through it first, and when I returned, I found that the entrance at the northwest corner of Taibai South Road was closed. I was at a loss for a moment, and judged that it should be the entrance across the road. I crossed the road and walked around to find the gate. Later, I learned that there is another entrance at the entrance of Gome, that is to say, there are two entrances in the northwest corner.

After turning around, I ran down, and I saw that there was a car going to the bonded area that was stopping, but I didn't get up. Because I turned around, I saw that the car was heading "west". After calming down, I asked the waiting person (a foreigner), and everyone gossiped and enthusiastically told me to wait here, and the subway will come in a while. Someone else asked me where I got from to climb the mountain, and I was embarrassed to say that I lived in the school up there. I was embarrassed to say what to say when the subway came.

After getting on the bus, I quickly told the team leader that I was ten minutes late. After Xiaozhai arrived at the station, because the sense of direction had not yet turned, he couldn't figure out the exit in the southwest corner for a while. Glad that he still knew how to read, he was dizzy and anxious to run blindly according to the instructions. Rushing out of the subway entrance, I saw the team leader looking at me from afar.

I was so embarrassed, I made the whole car wait for me for the first time, and my heart was full of guilt. Busy explaining the reason for being late. I can see that most of those who can hear me are skeptical. Isn't it, something isn't normal. The reason why I wrote this paragraph in such detail is completely useful later.

There are two other teams going to Paomaliang today. Before I got off the highway, I encountered a traffic jam caused by a serious car accident in the heavy rain. The scene of the crash was less than 100 meters from our car. The sunny car in front of us and the car on the ice rock behind us were all jammed on the highway, which was nearly three hours.

At this time, some people in the car said that they were glad that they were delayed for ten minutes today, but I felt uneasy when I heard it. The team leader repeatedly comforted me and said that there were also people who were late at the station behind Xiaozhai. Others said that everyone should thank me, otherwise if our car happened to go to that position, the consequences would be unimaginable. Actually, that's what I thought in my heart. Because, the large cargo trailer that caused the car accident rushed in the opposite direction, and the front of the car was seriously damaged on the barricade, rushing to our road, and hitting the front and rear cars. Fortunately, none of the people in the three cars were injured.

After the road was cleared, we arrived at the mountain pass in the village of Fengou at twelve o'clock.

The three teams rushed into the mountain as well. This time, I brought the climbing rain boot cover that I photographed online. I put it on when I got out of the car, and it was completely a show of gear. At this time, the rain is light, but the river is very deep. There are three rivers to wade. When I walked to the river, except for me, most of them waded across the river with their shoes, and the scene was spectacular and heroic.

It is said to be a "half-way running horse beam", but in fact, our team only went to Niuquangou, less than a quarter. The other two teams were planning to retreat to four o'clock. The cowpen ditch is too short, and it will be there at half past one in the afternoon. It was really boring, so I picked up some walnuts there and went down the mountain.

Cross three more rivers on your return. While wading through the second river, my artifact rain boots got into the water and got soaked. I was embarrassed to say that I was also wet, so I walked in the front, and no one took off my socks and wrung the water. Angry, this artifact seems to have a problem with its quality, and when I pick it up, it turns out that it has worn out a few big holes.

This can't be blamed on the quality, I shouldn't wear it all the time, wait until I cross the river to wear it, the road is full of sand and gravel, and it's normal for the rainproof cloth to wear out.

That's it, this week again soaked shoes, three weeks in a row. 2017/9/16

Three: Zigeyu crosses the Gaoguan River to Xiangyugou

No rain is forecast for Saturday. At noon on Friday, it was supposed to report to Jianyuling, the source of the Bahe River, and the team leader said that he was full, and he would add me if he didn't go until the evening. That would be unreliable. It was decided to go to the three valleys of "Zigeyu-Gaoguan-Xiangyugou", and the post was written 25 kilometers. I've been to Zigeyu to cross Gaoguanyu, plus Xiangyu, it shouldn't be that long.

I have climbed the mountain over the years, except for the shallow mountain route from Fengyu to Huangyu Temple, which I really like, and I never get tired of going (definitely more than three digits), other shallow mountains are currently not in sight. The route from Zigeyu to Gaoguantan is an example. I don't like to drill in the woods for a day, and I don't like to walk in the river between two mountains and a ditch.

Actually, I was very impressed last time I went. That time I went to spring, the willow goose yellow on the mountain has been budding, the branches and buds are cracked and the small mouth, a spring sprout, which makes people feel that the pace of spring is in a hurry. Walking in it, the spring breeze is blowing, and the spring is full of joy. Especially when resting next to the big millstone in the temple, I saw the clouds and mist in the valley opposite, the wheat seedlings in the large fertile fields next to the courtyard were green, and the tall peach trees were blooming in the smooth and clean courtyard and behind the house, and it became a paradise in the real sense. For a while, I fell in love with the environment of this small temple in the mountains. At that time, it was agreed that the peaches would come back when they were ripe, and the result was five years later.

Another reason why I didn't come back for so long was that I went up the mountain from Zigeyu and was afraid of meeting acquaintances when I passed through Dujiazhuang. As a result, I saw the child's grandfather after getting off the bus at the entrance of the village today. Hurriedly trotted over and shouted "Dad, Dad". When the child's grandfather heard that I was going out of the mountain from Xiangyugou, he said approvingly, "A few years ago, I asked you to go to the Jingde Pagoda in Zigeyu, and you couldn't go up." I really didn't expect to be able to go so far now, it's amazing. "Haha, that's exactly what I said. Not to mention that my father-in-law couldn't imagine it, I myself feel that I have almost traveled all over the Qinling Mountains over the years, which is like a legend.

Then let the legend continue, the footsteps will not stop, I will walk and have fun!

Start the mountain from the gate of Zigeyu Scenic Area. The season of the shallow mountains is still light, walking in the dense forest with lush foliage, plus the sky is cloudy and foggy, the visibility is poor, and it is very hot. In addition to the green mountains, there is no scene, and it feels very different from the last spring.

I walked all the way in the dark to the first farmhouse on the mountain. I didn't have much impression of this place last time, but today I saw an outsider living in an adobe house. The small courtyard is beautifully planted, flowers, fruits, and vegetables are abundant, and there are two kinds of okra in the vegetable garden, which are blooming and bearing fruit. I've eaten a lot of okra, but it's the first time I've seen a plant. It seems that I am not the only one who has not seen it, and for a while everyone has been provoked to visit the vegetable garden.

At that time, I didn't expect that this small farm garden was the relatively most beautiful scenery on the entire crossing route today, otherwise I would have taken a few more photos, so that Jiugong Pavilion would not be enough when I posted it on Moments.

At eleven o'clock, I arrived at the temple that made a good impression on me last time. I haven't been here for five years, I don't know if it's because of the season or something else, but I saw that the row of houses seemed to have built a few more, the big yard was chaotic, and the ground was almost flat, only one branch of the moon season was extraordinarily gorgeous, which somewhat made up for my disappointment.

There was no rest here, and the whole team continued to move forward. It was just after twelve o'clock when I arrived at the farmhouse by the Gaoguan River. After a brief lunch, continue on your way.

The last time I came was by stepping on a stone in the river. This time, two improvised bridges were erected on the Gaoguan River, which was very good.

After crossing the Gaoguan River, it began to rise again, and walked towards today's mountain pass Xiangyu. In the afternoon, I was a little tired and sweated a lot when I continued to climb high. In addition, I only brought a bottle of hot water when I came today, and the plan is to replenish the water when I pass by the villager's house. However, if you sweat too much, you have to save water. The more I am afraid of running out of water to drink, the more thirsty I feel, which makes me pay special attention to the fruit trees along the way. It's like a sweeper going into the mountains.

The road was still the same as training, and finally at a little more than 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the more than 16 kilometers of crossing was over! It's best if you don't get your shoes wet in the rain.

2017/9/23