And then we climbed a mountain...

On Saturday Jenna and I decided to go for a hike in nearby Kilembe.  Kilembe is nestled in the Rwenzori mountains.   We were expecting a nice little hike, not to climb a mountain, but as usual things don't go as you expect them to.... :)  In the end we climbed about 1,500 meters up and back down again in about 3 1/2 hours.

Our journey in pictures:

Before our hike, we wanted to show off our sweet hiking apparel.  

A view on the beautiful drive to Kilembe. 

More views from our drive

Jenna and I before our hike.

One of the many coffee plants we passed on the way up!

Avocados!

The mountains are hard to photograph, there is always a haze,  they blend into the clouds...

About a 1/4 of the way up.  The town below is Kilembe.

This is matoke! 

The glittery soil we were traversing.

Rucoohi Falls!  (Our destination) 

I was happy to have reached our destination.  Next time we will go swimming!

We knew we were back down when we found a herd of long horn cattle.    :)

We are going back to Kilembe this weekend with one of our school aged friends who goes to school in Kasese but whose family lives in Kilemebe.  He is planning on taking us hiking.  Both Jenna and I are hoping its a little less intense than this hike...