After waking up in the park, we headed to a local adventure/excursion agency and got their only automatic rental. We started on our 3 hour journey to Plitvice National Park. It promised more waterfalls than we would be able to count and it did not disappoint. Almost immediately after entering the park you see what looks like the tallest, widest, strongest waterfall ever. We were in amazement. I didn’t think it could get much better (although it was pretty crowded for a midday/midweek trip). We hiked up the trail a bit until we were able to get to the tram stop that takes to the top of the park where we intended to walk back down along the falls. This is where we saw Indian Kellyn. For those of you who don’t know Kellyn – please disregard and move on to the next paragraph. For those of you who do know him… please see the below photo.

We made our way to the top and began our venture down as far away from the crowds as possible when we came across a couple who told us that the trail up ahead was closed down because of flooding. It had been very rainy the past couple weeks and was also raining on and off during the day. We decided to check it out for ourselves before turning back and ended up just playing a little game of hopscotch through the puddles on the boarded wooden walkway to avoid getting our shoes wet. It turned out that this was an incredible decision. It felt like we were completely alone. No one had ventured this way because of the “flooding” and the waterfalls along these paths were stunning. Wall to wall falls everywhere you look, words nor pictures will even begin to describe the beauty of this place. Get your butts to Croatia and go see this park. It is worth it, PROMISE.

It was already pretty late when we left the park but we decided to head to our next destination, Mount Biokovo National Park, anyway. It was a few hours away but we knew if we got there we could crash out in the car and wake up with the sunrise. We made it all the way to the base of the mountain and then Rob had to drive up as I was too nervous to drive the narrow curvy roads at night (quite challenging). Like many of the crazy roads we’ve encountered so far he drove them like a champ. For about and hour we weaved all the way to the tippy tippy top of the mountain and we parked the car to overlook the sea. There is a large spaceship like antenna on the mountain top, the landscape is incredibly rocky and the stars seem to be on the same plane as you rather than above your head. The city lights stretch out into the horizon and eventually merge seamlessly into the matrix of stars in the sky. It truly felt as if we were in outer space. There was no one around yet again and it was the most calming beauty. We’ve seen views and vistas aplenty on this trip, but this one was in a totally different category. Both visually spectacular and one of a kind. A few hours later we were able to watch the sun rise over the water with the lower mountain tops in front of it. What a site! We ended our day with some relaxation at the bottom of the mountain on the beautiful beaches of Makarska.