We’re trying to line up everything around the island we still want to do, or want to do one more time before we head out. Today we grabbed coffee, stopped out at our pulloff by Agios Nikitas, and decided to head back up to the top of the island and check out the abandoned radar station one more time.
The clouds were a lot lower today, and there was rain off in the distance. The rain was blurring the line between the sky and the sea, so when we went around some of the curvy roads, it looked like if you went off, you’d just fall forever. The radar station was as empty as the first time we visited — I don’t know why I keep expecting to find other “explorers” up there. I keep thinking it’s like the abandoned airplane on the coast of Iceland — hunted out by Instagram clout chasers for a cool photo op? Maybe not.
We left the radar station and headed south across the tops of the mountain, encountering a shepherd with a bunch of sheep near a tiny little church, and then continuing on along the winding roads and low clouds, waiting to get a glimpse down into the valleys below. The road went into a couple of villages we had never been to — Agios Ilias, with a couple VERY slender one-way roads leading through some picturesque backyards, and then Syvros, probably the last “big” town on the island.
Heading back towards Lefkada Town, we thought we might catch the sunset light along the windmills, but just missed it. We resolved to try again tomorrow.