After five days of hiking we now know why they call this the Grand Traverse of the Alps. It is splendid and demanding. We met Ben and Melanie in Samoens four days ago and they hiked with us on the approach to Mont Blanc. This photo was taken at the Col du Brevent, 2368 m. The mountain is 4810 m. The descent from here to Chamonix took two and a half hours.
Here we are at Col d Antern with Mont Blanc in the background. 
Our dear friends from Saarbrucken Germany at Mt. St. Odile -- Ulli and Klaus Fromme and Helga and Christian Faeber. What fun to be with old friends!
Stork on nest in Alsace.
Wet day in the Vosge Mountains near Mittlach.
Band playing at an Agricultural fair in Wesserling.
Putting the bedding out to air, Soultz, Alsace, on tour with Klaus and Ulli.
Guebwiller church window designed in 1984.
This is in Mulhouse on a street named for President Wilson.
On the Doubs in Goumois.
In the Doubs Gorge.
Goumois church.
On trail overhung by a limestone cliff, Doubs Gorge.
The Doubs.
Lunch stop in the Jura near Auberge La Perdix. This is the cross country ski capital of France. Also luge, ski jumping, and biathalon.
Cannot remember where this is, could be almost anywhere. We could make photos like this every minute of every day.
Rhonda with Jura limestone behind her. The valleys are forested with fir and the ridges are pasture and meadow and rock. It reminds us of Oregon or perhaps of Ireland with trees.
Church in Jura valley in Belle Fontane.
Lake Geneva from Nyon Switzerland.
Window in Abbye la Abondance.
Near Refuge Col de Bassachaux
Still life with car at Refuge Chaux Palin.
ho hum
Cascades de la Sauffaz and Pleureuse de la Sauffaz
Refuge Chalets Anterne, where we stayed with 30 other people.
Here we are at Col d Antern with Mont Blanc in the background.
More photos starting way back in Alsace. It is getting harder to find computers to use as we are staying in mountain refuges in the back country most of the time now. These places are very rustic and feature dormitory sleeping on mattresses laying in line on the floor and communal eating of what the staff fix that day.
Our dear friends from Saarbrucken Germany at Mt. St. Odile -- Ulli and Klaus Fromme and Helga and Christian Faeber. What fun to be with old friends!
Stork on nest in Alsace.
Wet day in the Vosge Mountains near Mittlach.
Band playing at an Agricultural fair in Wesserling.
Putting the bedding out to air, Soultz, Alsace, on tour with Klaus and Ulli.
Guebwiller church window designed in 1984.
This is in Mulhouse on a street named for President Wilson.
On the Doubs in Goumois.
In the Doubs Gorge.
Goumois church.
On trail overhung by a limestone cliff, Doubs Gorge.
The Doubs.
Lunch stop in the Jura near Auberge La Perdix. This is the cross country ski capital of France. Also luge, ski jumping, and biathalon.
Cannot remember where this is, could be almost anywhere. We could make photos like this every minute of every day.
Rhonda with Jura limestone behind her. The valleys are forested with fir and the ridges are pasture and meadow and rock. It reminds us of Oregon or perhaps of Ireland with trees.
Church in Jura valley in Belle Fontane.
Lake Geneva from Nyon Switzerland.
Window in Abbye la Abondance.
Near Refuge Col de Bassachaux
Still life with car at Refuge Chaux Palin.
ho hum
Three hikers just out of Refuge Chalet d Anterne
Cascades de la Sauffaz and Pleureuse de la Sauffaz
Refuge Chalets Anterne, where we stayed with 30 other people.
Wonderful photos. They're helping me re-live every step. Many thanks...
ReplyDeleteAre you planning to start a postcard business when you get back? The pictures are beautiful.
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