Posted Thursday, July 30, 2009 from Rome - photos taken Wednesday, July 29, 2009 in Austria.
We awoke to a beautifully, clear day, without the clouds or fog, that had been forecast. The Austrian mountain air was crisp and cool. What a perfect time to ascend the mountain on the incline railway and cable cars. There aren't enough words - nor pictures - to describe the beauty of these mountains and the exhilaration that we felt just being there!
Our ride to, what felt like, the top of the world!
The three of us with Innsbruck below us and one of the ranges of the Alps behind us, at the first stop (we went higher).
Kids, playing in the snow ...dirty, but snow.
View from the top.
And then, we climbed even higher!!
We were above the tree line. 
Us - at the top.
Ginny, at the top.The skies above the mountains are full of hang-gliders and parasailers. We met a young man getting ready to "take off" from the mountainside. Ginny told him that her nephew, Chris Smith, was a hang-glider and, small world, he knew Chris from competition.
Wolfgang Siess donning his wings - getting ready for flight.
Wolfgang, on the side of the mountain, ready to soar.
And away he flies...
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