37376. Sun peeking through the border of clear and cloudy sky, view from the Kozjak waterfall parking lot
Most images are approximately 683 x 1024 pixels in size, numbers in front of picture descriptions are serial numbers of the original photo files. Event participants who contributed to the making of these pictures (family names are as of 1967): Miran Saje, Meta Štoka, Radojka Verčko, Matjaž Vodušek, Mojca Zaletel, Sinja Zemljič, Bojana Žokalj - Boja and Jože Trpin, Vojko and Klara Hobič, the chalet housekeepers.
All pictures photo and copyright (c) Primož Jakopin 2107, except 37409 which was taken by Meta Štoka (Debevec).
37376. Sun peeking through the border of clear and cloudy sky, view from the Kozjak waterfall parking lot
37379. Close to the waterfall the canyon narrows and the trail leads over a footbridge along the western wall: Miran, Radojka and Meta.
37380 - 37382. Vertical panoramic view of the waterfall from the end of the footbridge ...
37388. ... where Meta and Sinja were standing, at the edge of the precipice.
37389. Their spirits were up on return, too - here on one of the footbridges over the stream ...
37390. ... and in front of a cave-like cavern among the boulders.
37391. View of the top of the Lower Kozjak Waterfall - the photographer in the picture just started to get from the shooting position back to the safer trail.
37392. Meta on the rounded large rocks in the stream below the waterfall, partly seen behind the corner - getting there would require climbing, way beyond her and photographer's ability.
37393. Meta and Sinja on the hanging footbridge over the Soča river
37394. Upstream view of Soča from the Napoleon bridge
37395. Mojca on the balcony above the chalet entrance
37404. The menu of the welcome lunch: polenta slices with baked fresh cheese on fat and cracklings, mushroom soup and dry pear soup, rolled roast, bread dumplings, žlikrofi - Idrija dumplings, salad and kobariški štruklji - sweet Kobarid fresh cheese dumplings.
37397. Polenta with baked fresh cheese and cracklings was served as an entrée.
37398. As it turned out that there is more than ample time left till the next menu course we decided to make an afternoon stroll to Planina Kašna and the slope above it, as far as we can get to be back till the evening. In the picture: Meta and Mojca with Mt. Planica (1.376 m) as the backdrop
37401. From time to time the clouds dispersed a little - view of Gomiščkovo zavetišče mountain shelter (2.182 m) below the Mt. Krn (2.244 m) peak.
37402. Sinja, Jože, aura by the sun through the clouds, Mt. Planica
37403. Matjaž and Radojka on the mountain track
37405. Boja brought a large basket (part of it is seen here) of the Isabella grapes, Vitis labrusca, late harvest from her Karst estate.
37406. Next menu course: soup of mushrooms, collected locally
37407. Dry pear soup with potatoes, a Kobarid specialty
37408. Rolled roast, bread dumplings, žlikrofi and salad
37411. Kobariški štrukelj, or better, the last half it. The photographer was rather slow to come and rescued of the photo what could be recued.
37412. Sheep on a night pasture, below the road
37414. Small talk in the dining room, before going to bed: Boja, Matjaž and Mojca, with Miran on his way upstairs
37416. Meta is reading the goodnight story, about krivopetnice, good fairies with reversed heels (turned forwards). As can be seen ...
37415. ... from this picture of Radojka the fairy tale was a complete success.
37419. A simple breakfast: polenta with soaked dry cranberries and mulberries plus grapes which Boja brought, herb tea by - Boja
37420. A more intense breakfast (presumably for Jože): scrambled eggs, cracklings, buckwheat bread
37421. Radojka during the morning workout
37423. One more breakfast: buckwheat bread, polenta, dry sausages, tomato, tea and coffee
37424. Packing in the shared bedroom: Mojca and Jože
37425. Mojca between the two rocks
37426. Wider view of the slope from Planina Kuhinja (center right) to Planina Zaslap with cows on high pasture
37430. Recently discovered Energijski krog / Energy Circle in the immediate vicinity of Planina Zaslap is an ancient round megalithic monument of exactly the same diameter as the Stonehenge (31.4 m).
37431. Sinja and Radojka at the Mt. Krn ikebana
37433. Above the Energy Circle there is a recently erected little trailside chapel, devoted to sv. Izidor / St. Isidore ...
37434. Meta brought along a small bag of dried mango from Ouaga(dougou) - here is shown what is left, reminds one of chanterelle mushrooms.
37435. Meta and Sinja on the balcony of one of shepherd's huts, now converted to holiday cottage
37436. Zaslap mountain pasture hamlet is a permanent resident in the summer and early autumn - a shepherd lives here and produces alpine cheese. In the picture - shepherd's linen drying in the sun.
37437. Matjaž and Meta on the trail close to the saddle, turned backwards
37438. Radojka and Miran on the saddle between Krn and Drežnica, with precipitous western ridge of Mt. Krn as the backdrop
37439. The saddle has a rocky outcrop, dominated by this boulder which long ago rolled down from the Mt. Krn. Miran and Meta dared to climb on top ...
37440. ... no big deal actually.
37442. We made it to the saddle: Miran, Primož, Radojka, Meta and Matjaž
37441. Primož and Meta brought the following snack ingredients: cooked chickpeas, bio black cumin oil, corn bread, oatmeal cookies, cranberry jam, aronia juice with hot water - plus bread, apples and water for all (not shown)
37443. View west to Koseč (in front) and Drežnica (upper right)
37444. View of Mt. Kožljak, 1.587 m, from the saddle
37445. The sun is peeking through the clouds.
37447. Long telephoto view of a sheep flock pasturing on the Mt. Krn slope, about 1.400 m a. s. l.
37448. Lone sycamore (gorski javor in Slovenian) in the autumn splendor, clad in all the colours from green to yellow and orange
37449. A flock of Alpine choughs, Pyrrhócorax gráculus, planinske kavke in Slovenian, exploiting the warm air loft above the Mt. Krn slope
37450. Dog rose bush with fruit, Rosa canina, šipek in Slovenian
37451. A cow is resting in a sycamore grove shade ...
37452. ... but not any more - Meta is approaching from behind with a phone camera.
37453. Long telephoto view of the Krn village church, dedicated to sv. Rok / St. Roch (or Rollox)
37454. The party snacked on leftovers from yesterday's lunch-dinner feast while here is a gentler variation: polenta (of yesterday), bread, baked cherry tomatoes with a scrambled egg, garlic, sheep yogurt, oatmeal cookies, Isabella grape and pear compote.
Pictures in this section photo and copyright (c) Jože Trpin 2017, picture descriptions by Primož Jakopin. Published with permission.
3. Entrée of the lunch/dinner in the chalet - polenta with baked fresh cheese and cracklings
5. A bowl of mushroom soup
6. A plate of dry pear and potato soup
7. Rolled roast, bread dumplings and žlikrofi
8. October 12 - view of the chalet from the access road, from the east, in the morning
9. Before departure to Planina Zaslap - we gathered at the parking lot below the chalet.
10. Meta on the trail
Picture below photo and copyright (c) Radojka Verčko 2017, description by Primož Jakopin. Published with permission.
1. Primož at the table in the chalet during the dinner on October 11, with a camera in his hands
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