{"id":13999,"date":"2017-09-27T10:14:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T15:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wohutravels.us\/?p=13999"},"modified":"2019-03-26T10:01:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T15:01:32","slug":"day-6-east-and-west-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/?p=13999","title":{"rendered":"Day 6, East and West Routes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last night was one of the the three meals Neil and Nat prepared for us during the trip. We teased Neil what a manly Weber Grill he had!!<\/p>\n

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emJay pinched in and helped with the bread . . . <\/p>\n

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. . . delicious  marinated chicken shish ka bobs . . . <\/p>\n

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. . . as we sat down the food just kept coming . . . <\/p>\n

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. . . . fresh fruit salad. shish ka bobs, potatoes with cr\u00e8me freshe, LOTS of wine. . . <\/p>\n

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. . . and  for dessert . . . a Paiova  meringue with LOTS of chocolate and poached pears.<\/p>\n

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Nat, Jamie, Lucy and Neil. A GREAT family and it has really been fun hanging out with them!!! <\/p>\n

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Soon it was morning and time to ride. Neil has developed a great ride system with many alternatives.  Besides the GPS routes there are also laminated cards to take along telling you everything about the route . . . <\/p>\n

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. . .including recommendations on where to stop, what to see and most importantly . . . where to eat lunch!!!!!<\/p>\n

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Today the herd would break into two groups. A shorter ride and a long one.  Local artists . . . <\/p>\n

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. . .  adding local color. LOTS of it!!!!<\/p>\n

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We rode by the apple trees that had been covered yesterday  . . . today they were opened . . . <\/p>\n

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. . . and being mechanically picked.<\/p>\n

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The first part of the ride was through a large orchard area with lots if irrigation . . . <\/p>\n

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Love the signage in the rural areas, especially the  train crossings . . . Choo-Choo!<\/p>\n

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Many of the trees were sprayed with some kind of blue sulphate to prevent insect and disease damage.<\/p>\n

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There were also lots of these hot houses along the way that are used to start  tomatoes early in the  season . . .<\/p>\n

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oh , , , and the French are into kale too!!!!<\/p>\n

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there was either a reroute of this irrigation ditch or someone forgot to pay their water bill!!!!<\/p>\n

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Those of us on the longer route went around  the mountain today and had several climbs. . . we soon left the valley floor and started climbing . . .<\/p>\n

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. . . . fun to watch the sheep along the way. The lambs are very busy . . . <\/p>\n

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. . . and there were horses along the way too out for a morning walk.<\/p>\n

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. . .we rolled though several small villages and this one had a salon where you could get the nationally recognized \u2018French Girl Cut\u2019. <\/p>\n

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. . . Greg, its cheap here . . . no $50 haircuts!!!!<\/p>\n

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around the mountain . . . .<\/p>\n

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, , , ,circuses may he pass\u00e9 in the US, with the Ringling Brother’s recently shutting down, but they still seem to be popular in FR.<\/p>\n

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We stay primarily on small farm lanes during the day but once in a while need to pop out onto busier roads used as connectors . . .<\/p>\n

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. . . this one leading us to Lorimarc, another one of the most beautiful villages in southern France!!!<\/p>\n

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. . . beautiful!!!!!<\/p>\n

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. . . with a great chateau . . . <\/p>\n

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. . . and fun fountains. Talk about morning breath!!!<\/p>\n

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We stopped for a nice lunch where there was great people watching . . . including \u2018’\u2019man scarves.!!!! <\/p>\n

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. . . the local kitty stopped by to say hi and to get a handout.<\/p>\n

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Johnny had a salad . . .<\/p>\n

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Pam had the pasta . . .<\/p>\n

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Terry had the blood sausage and I had an omelet . . . all on a perfect day, in a perfect setting!!!!<\/p>\n

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nice sights as we walked around town and back to our bike for the climb up to Menarbes . . . <\/p>\n

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, , , on the ay  to our bikes I saw these two rigs. D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu. Would have like to have talked to them but couldn’t figure out who the riders were.<\/p>\n

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lets head up the mountain. . . .<\/p>\n

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oh yeah . . . <\/p>\n

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there were several switchbacks , , , <\/p>\n

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but after a hearty lunch, it was not a problem!!!<\/p>\n

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. . . and of course more Kodak moments!!!!<\/p>\n

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mmmm . . . . wonder if they have any dessert ??????<\/p>\n

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We stopped  at a restaurant overlooking the lower part of the town . . .<\/p>\n

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. . . where I had to poke my nose into the kitchen . . . <\/p>\n

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. . . admiring their wood fired pizza oven . . . which  sounded good . . . <\/p>\n

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. . .  but I settled for a nice little tiramisu. . . .YUMM!!!<\/p>\n

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. . . on the way own we  looked across the hillside and the was LaCoste, an ancient village now mostly owned by Pierre Cardin, the clothes designer. A former owner was  . . . the Marquis de Sade!!!!!<\/p>\n

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There was construction on the way back to Coustelett and this one is for Charlie. Not a Caterpillar, in fact I  have never heard of this brand!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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