The Great Wall of China

Welcome to the Great Wall of China!!
The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest wonders of the world.
We took a gondola up to the top and enjoyed the scenery. Just like a gigantic dragon, the Great Wall winds up and down across deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus.

Our cable car was ridden in by the seventeeth Budha of Tibet. Bill Clinton, also, has his name stenciled in one of the cable cars.

The entrance to the wall at the Mutianyu village.

The wall was breath taking. You could see miles and miles of wall peaking through the mountains. We were only able to walk down the restored parts.

With a history of more than 2000 years, some of the sections are now in ruins or have disappeared.

Evan and his cheery disposition.

Stairs!

You can see the village at the bottom of the valley.

More stairs

I love this picture. Not only is Hailey gazing off toward the sun, two little boys are log rolling down the Great Wall.

Communication between the army units along the length of the Great Wall, including the ability to call reinforcements, was of high importance. Signal towers were built upon hill tops or other high points along the wall for their visibility.

So, this is the end of the tourist path. They have a gondola to take you back down or you can use the alpine slide. The Hemphill's...... alpine sledded of course! Hailey drove like a grandma because it said slow down at the curves. Logan, didn't know how to stop and his forehead smacked into the back of Matt's head at the end. Thank goodness, they both have hard heads.