Naejangsan (내장산) National Park

Lana and I spent Veteran's Day at Naejangsan National Park (내장산), which is about 1 hour from Kunsan. It was a perfect blue sky day for a hike in the park after the previous few had been filled with clouds and rain. The temperature was pleasant and some of the trees still had their colored leaves on them... shades of red, orange, and yellow. We had such a good time and are a little bummed we didn't do more hiking in the parks around over the past 10 months or so.

After parking, we entered the park and hiked about a mile to the gondola station which ran about 1000' up a small mountain where we had a nice view of the valley below. We also had lunch, even though there wasn't too much we found appetizing...would you like bugs for lunch, seriously?! Since it was such a nice day, we hiked down from the mountain to a temple complex. It was made up of many different buildings, most of which had a idol of Buddha inside and Koreans worshiping. It reminded me of Psalm 115 where is says, "Their idols are silver and gold, the work of man’s hands. They have mouths, but they cannot speak; they have eyes, but they cannot see; they have ears, but they cannot hear; they have noses, but they cannot smell; they have hands, but they cannot feel; they have feet, but they cannot walk; they cannot make a sound with their throat. Those who make them will become like them, everyone who trusts in them."

It was a great day for Lana and I...it's these days together here in Korea where we appreciate the chance we've had to live in Asia. If the temperature doesn't drop too quickly and we have another spare weekend, we hope to do the same again. Six weeks and counting...

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