Camping at Osmeña Peak
Osmeña Peak Round 2! Yes! Just a few weeks have passed since I last went there and I got the chance to be back again together with my awesome YFC campus volunteer mates. We had an anticipation to see the sunset. However, I think we should've gone earlier than 3pm to be able to witness it there on top, on the peak. Nevertheless, we made ourselves feel better by thinking we’d be seeing the sunrise on the next day. ;)
While climbing up the peak from the base, night has fallen already so we trekked with just our green lantern and the moon to light the path. Upon arriving just a few meters down the summit, we settled in the campsite area and started putting up our tents. We bought cup noodles, hard-boiled eggs, canned goods and etc for the night and had our dinner. It was my first time to go camping up in the mountains so I’m glad to have experienced this. After eating, we spent time trying to light a bonfire but failed after so many attempts because of the dewy twigs. As a result, we opted to use the portable butane gas stove instead in order to roast the marshmallows and enjoy our own version of s’mores. Yummm!
Taking into consideration that we will be trekking for long hours on the next day, we decided to sleep at around 10pm right after chitchatting and stargazing (pointing and identifying different stars, constellations and planets). The moon was bright enough that we can still see our surroundings despite our green lantern turned off. Beholding a night as beautiful as that time makes me want to sing this part from the song entitled Praiseworthy by Woodstruck:
“I’m forever thankful for the stars in the night,
How they sparkle and light up the night skies,
All of these beauty, oh how profound,
All of this power, all of this Love…”
Oh how awesome God's creation is and He Himself! :)
If you
are planning to go camping there too, make sure to bring extra thick clothes/sweater to
warm yourselves up because the temperature there quickly drops at nighttime. During our stay, it
was so cold that even with layers of clothing on and without an alarm clock
buzz, most of us got up at 2:30am even if 4am was our planned waking up time because the cold bothered us.
Thus, we got to prepare for our super early breakfast and ate.
As soon
as the first light of dawn showed up, we rushed to the summit to see the
sunrise and of course, the view of Osmeña Peak. The fog however started to come in and blocked the view (just as what happened on my first visit) so we were only able to see it for
a short while. Even so, we are still very grateful enough for the
magnificent morning scene that greeted us.
“You are praiseworthy… oh my Lord!”
P.S.
Our traverse to Kawasan Falls will be on a blog post next to this.
Photos taken by: Me, Jethro, Abi
Photos taken by: Me, Jethro, Abi
♫ ♪ "The cold never bothered me anyway." ♪ ♫
ReplyDeleteapparently it did bother us. hahaha
DeleteNasuya jd ko blogger best :c Hahaha. Amazing kaau! ♥
ReplyDeleteTry to visit this place nya blogger best! :) Nagplan bya tong mga USC YFC na mangadto.. after summer classes guro. :) Kuyog nya nila! The more, the merrier! And for sure, daghan gimingaw nimo :)
DeleteAs iiin? Hala oy may unta maka apas pa ko kay mu uban jud ko! ♥ Awwwe gimingaw nsad kaayo ko nila :(
ReplyDeleteMake sure to uban! :D Hehe
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