Drive in the Pyrennes

We drove up in to the Pyrennes. Not a long drive, but enough to get some views. We saw bicyclists going up and down the hills. One of them passed me on a downhill slope. Our town was on the 2016 Tour de France route.

Going over the pass took us into Spain. We drove a kilometer in, saw that we were not going to have great views, and turned around. As the Garda had eyed me with suspicion when we had passed by 5 minutes earlier, Heather helped me learn to say innocently, "estamos perdidos," (we're lost), but this time they looked bored and impatient with our eager visages, explanation at the ready. Never mind, ever the Boy Scout, I was prepared.Read more