The trio arrived in Rivendell in the late afternoon. Their camp for the previous night was only 4 miles away from the Elven City, but both Aragorn and Legolas were determined to make their track as long as possible; walking at a snail's pace and stopping every couple of minutes to admire the beauty of the forest of Imladris. Halbarad was so bored that he too started observing the surrounding forest creatures in their daily lives. He was dismayed to find that a snail, crawling along from one tree to another on the forest floor, had actually passed them as the pair were now currently stopped yet again in admiration of the intricate patterns on the bark of an old birch tree.