Cave exploration and hiking in the Saxon Switzerland

In September, Gary should take a few days off with us again. Cave exploration and hiking in the Saxon Switzerland were on the agenda. Sebb had received the cave exploration as a gift voucher for his 40th birthday from his parents, and since a one-day trip wasn't worth it, we decided to add another day or two of hiking. In summer 2022, there had been a significant forest fire in the national park, which affected everything where trees stood. Although the national park had been protected since 1990, it still mostly consisted of >former< forestry, i.e., pine and spruce monocultures that had been planted here for centuries for mining activities. Now the forest could slowly transform back into a woodland. However, after a fire, the situation changed dramatically; the old trees were gone, and a two-year-old