For a long time now, I've wanted to hike up to Klewenalp from home. Blue skies greet me as I look out of the window. Today is the day, I say to myself.. I load up my Hydration pack, bananas, some bars and Ricolas into my day pack. Yes Ricolas!! I love popping these sweet-sour herbal delights into my mouth every so often. Cap, Sunglasses and I'm ready to hit the trails. Oh no.. not so fast. The cats put on a melt-my-heart-sad face  I take a few minutes to pet them.. Purr Purr. It's already 8:30AM, sorry ladies.. would love to hear more of the purring, but I need to get going. You're both more than welcome to jump into my backpack, just don't claw me from there..

I step out.. The clear blue sky and bright shining sun brings on a smile and I start singing "Sunshine on my Shoulders" (Thank you John Denver) as i start hopping my way up the hill.. After ~3km, some wet swampy patches start to dampen my rhythm & my shoes till I come across the happily grazing cows who don't seem to care too much about the swamp under their hoofs.. mmmmm.. i turn my attention to the bright skies instead.. Soon I'm at Schwändi. I look at my cell (6 km, 100mins and 740m Elevation gain).. Not bad, perhaps i can take a break now.. But my heart says.. Not here, Not now. A short while later I'm at the cute little Chapel of SteinStössi.

I follow my Heart to the stream flowing behind the Chapel.. The gentle burble of the stream, Sunlight filtering down from the foliage makes li'l patterns.. Ahh.. too tempting. I take off my shoes and let the water cool my feet. I feel it all the way to my Soul.. "I'm in no hurry. Why not spend my day here?" .. the thought crosses my mind, as i close my eyes. After what i thought was 5 mins, i open my eyes & grab a snack. I glance at my cell. I've been refreshing Mind, Body & Soul for a half hour now.  I feel it's time to get going..

I traverse sunshine lit rocky paths across Green Meadows dotted with Cows to arrive at Tannibüel Restaurant up on Klewenalp. 10km, 960m elevation gain and 2h40min since i left home. For some reason I'm craving Yogurt.. the restaurant has everything, but a yogurt.. I enjoy a snack in the Sunshine and feel my legs can carry me to Silbi's instead heading back to the Klewen station cable car.. Silbi is busy with the cows when i arrive, so i park myself on the Swing and chat a li'l in German with a couple from Stans. Silbi comes over after a bit and asks me what my plan is. "No plan..I'm just going where i feel like", I say. He's surprised that i walked all the way from home. He asks me how long it took.. I consult my trusted MapMyRun app: "12km; 3h13min to be precise". He says i should refurbish some calories & asks me what I'd like to eat. Unfortunately I'm still full from the snack at "Tannibüel", so i choose just a drink. We talk a bit and he asks me if I'll cook Indian food again, sometime this winter. "Gladly" I say.. After bidding Adieu to Silbi, i head out towards Stockhütte.

I pause at our Christmas Tree. Hard to believe, but the ornaments and paper garlands have survived 4 winters here already!!! Another 20mins brings me to Berggasthaus Stockhütte and a view of the Lake. As i settle in the Gondola and enjoy the views on my ride down to Emmetten, i look back on my Hike.. 4h30min, 17.2km, 1300m elevation gain.... and a smug smile slowly lights up my face. I start to feel the muscles of my legs on the Postbus back to Beckenried, I stretch them a bit and look forward to a refreshing swim in the lake later this evening..