Friday, October 27, 2023

25 October 2023 Split: Krka National Park Boar ride and Four Hours in Skradin

 



When we got to the end of the walkways through the waterfalls we immediately got in line for the boat trip.  We were the last to board and Dave barely made it.  He was stopped by the worker but we vouched for him and he was allowed to board.  The boat ride was pretty fast as we were going downstream.  The town was tiny but we had a decent lunch.  We walked through town several times over as it was small and we had lots of time to waste.  


Very beautiful river


Onto the boat


Looking  back at the falls



Very tall cliffs


We got the Last two seats on the top



In a steep gorge


Feeling the breeze


Limestone


Karst geography leaves many caves


Not a hiking trail in sight


A path led along the river


More caves


This path had railings


Cormorants


Herons




Boulders




Bluffs




Bridges


Blue beams


Mute Swans


Marshes




A sister boat heading back upstream


A healthy river can support many birds


Gulls


Zoom


Meandering


Approaching town


Swimmers


Sailbaots


A smokestack



The town  of Skradin


Looking back at the blue bridge


Into town we go


The highway bridge further down river




Some clouds roll in


At last we get lunch


Hungry folks


The grill is full


Schnitzel for Fritzel


Big burgers


A cheesy salad


Big Caesar salad


The tide has rolled in


Fancy gates


Set in Stone


Old Beat up gates


Locking away the goodies


Covered in thumb tacks


The tack is punched out of the thumby part


A random stone sarcophagus 


One of the three churches


NThe town's namesake gate


Spooky tree


Some sort of scorebaord


A unique method of fishing


He must have caught something



Styling


This little black dog came out of nowhere and the swan did not like it one bit.


Hissing and fluffing up to scare the dog away


Our sister boat


Cockta, anyone?


The laziest of steering


So many very large sailboats


An odd structure on the side of the building


A little Grebe



Roses are red


Bees are yellow


A dalmatian on the Dalmatian Coast


The fountain is dry as the season is running out


The big bridge over the river Krka


Large round buildings


Love the logo


This creek bed was filled with weeds


Churches everywhere


A big cemetery 


Still waiting on the  bus


The moon is rising as we head home



It has been 1 year and 141 days since we began our Migration