We are in the Alps. It rained steadily for three days, but the weather broke today, so we will be back on the trail tomorrow, sleeping in refuges an looking at these spectaculer mountains. Will be meeting Ben And Melanie in three days which gives us incentive to work hard hiking.
One more thing about the Jura I forgot the other day. The second day in the Doubs canyon the first part of the hike is along a quiet stretch of water behind the check dam below the Relles Hotel with the usual swans, row boats and fly fishermen. Just as the water was beginning to whisper to us we heard a faint melody. It built as we walked into a very mellow seranade played by a single long horn player (you have seen them in Alpine photos) for a group of hikers on the terrace of a refuge on the Swiss side of the river. We stopped in this priceless forest in awe and listened and broke into applause when he finished. He acknowledged us with a sweeping wave of his hat and we walked on.
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Hi Luke and Rhonda,
ReplyDeleteYour trip sounds great! It was 96 here yesterday, so the cool mountains would be very refreshing. From reading your tales, you are having some great adventures. We drove to Boise a couple weeks ago for the International Basque festival. Learned a lot about the Basques from France and Spain. Not the same as hiking in the Alps, but it was fun. I wish you all the best. I'm sure it will be a relief to get to the beaches of Nice.
Take care. Alan and Barbara
Wow. You mellowed me out just reading about it.
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear that there has been such great terra preserved after all the generations of human occupation in that part of the world. There has to be a valuable lesson there. We should make a trip such as your required cirriculum for any elected official that takes office in the New World.
Let me know if I can do anything for you.
Peterson
Glad to see you will be meeting up with Ben and Melanie. You are giving me travel fever to go back to Europe soon.
ReplyDeleteSue