This is my 101st post on this blog. I guess it would have made more sense to celebrate my 100th post, but since I didn't realize it, I guess I get to celebrate 101. I hope that you have enjoyed my postings. I honestly have no idea who reads this beyond my parents, Ben and Ben's parents. To all who do, thanks for reading. I enjoy being able to share my experiences with people, plus this helps me memorialize what I've been doing with my life. Ok, enough of that. Oh, before we move on, congrats to the Lady Boilers for making the elite eight. Here's hoping they can continue on to the final four.
Now on to what Ben and I did this past weekend. We ventured first to Deogyusan National Park near the city of Muju in the Jellabuk-do province (the one I live in). One of the best ski resorts (Muju ski resort) is in the park, but it also has a lot of great hiking trails. Korea's mountains are really amazing. I can't believe how close they all are and that we've been lucky enough to hike in many of the parks. Too bad there aren't frequent bus miles because Ben and I would have certainly earned some kind of perks. So the quickest way to the park was taking a bus from Daejeon which is a little over an hour and a half north of where I live. We hiked for about 6 hours. The streams in this park were really pretty. 
We saw a couple of small waterfalls, saw Baengnyeonsa temple, 
and hiked up Deogyusan (Hyangjeokbong) peak, 1614 meters, the highest peak in the park. It was so beautiful. 
At the peak many people stopped to have lunch. There was also a shelter where you could stay the night. 
We had lunch at a little place on Seolcheongbong, which was also where one of the ski lifts for the resort let people off. Definitely a quicker way to get up the mountain. We then hiked back down the mountain and took a bus from Muju to Gwangju. What I had thought was only a 2 hour bus ride ended up being over 3 hours. We finally ended up in Gwangju, which had a very nice bus terminal including a TGIFridays. We ate Korean pizza and then found one of the love hotels from the guidebook. It was the nicest one that we've been to yet. I know what some of you are probably thinking, but really, it was just a normal hotel room at a good price and very clean. The next morning we took a local bus (which was packed to the gill with local hikers) to Mudeungsan Provincial Park. 
There were a lot of vendors leading up to the trails. Ben bought a hat, hiking pants, and some kimbap. Kimbap looks like sushi rolls but tastes totally different. In the middle of the role is radish, ham, crab, fish, and maybe another vegetable wrapped in rice and seaweed. Ben really likes it, but I can only have one little piece and I'm good. I'm not a big seaweed fan. We maybe spent 3 hours in this park, but did get to see some views of the surrounding mountains and the city of Gwangju.
This was one of the blooming cherry blossom trees in the park. 
Next weekend we leave for 9 days in China. I'm so excited.
We saw a couple of small waterfalls, saw Baengnyeonsa temple, 
and hiked up Deogyusan (Hyangjeokbong) peak, 1614 meters, the highest peak in the park. It was so beautiful. 
At the peak many people stopped to have lunch. There was also a shelter where you could stay the night. 
We had lunch at a little place on Seolcheongbong, which was also where one of the ski lifts for the resort let people off. Definitely a quicker way to get up the mountain. We then hiked back down the mountain and took a bus from Muju to Gwangju. What I had thought was only a 2 hour bus ride ended up being over 3 hours. We finally ended up in Gwangju, which had a very nice bus terminal including a TGIFridays. We ate Korean pizza and then found one of the love hotels from the guidebook. It was the nicest one that we've been to yet. I know what some of you are probably thinking, but really, it was just a normal hotel room at a good price and very clean. The next morning we took a local bus (which was packed to the gill with local hikers) to Mudeungsan Provincial Park. 
There were a lot of vendors leading up to the trails. Ben bought a hat, hiking pants, and some kimbap. Kimbap looks like sushi rolls but tastes totally different. In the middle of the role is radish, ham, crab, fish, and maybe another vegetable wrapped in rice and seaweed. Ben really likes it, but I can only have one little piece and I'm good. I'm not a big seaweed fan. We maybe spent 3 hours in this park, but did get to see some views of the surrounding mountains and the city of Gwangju.
This was one of the blooming cherry blossom trees in the park. 
Next weekend we leave for 9 days in China. I'm so excited.
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