The last day of our bike tour and we're all very sad. :( We went on a short ride this morning around Mazan before having lunch together for one last time and then we were on our way to the Avignon train station. Our Backroads leaders have been phenomenal and our fellow travelers were such a pleasure to ride with that we'll miss everyone. We're looking forward to the next stage of our trip, however, which includes the Loire Valley with Lee and Mary and then a few days in Normandy before we head back to Paris.
We picked up our car at the train station while Lee and Mary rented a car. Once bags were loaded, we were on our way. I rode with Lee and Mary since they've never driven in France before and we followed Rich, Jerry and Becky. We left the train station at 1:30 PM expecting to have a 6.5 hour drive to Amboise in the Loire Valley. We had made dinner reservations at a restaurant in Amboise for 9:00 PM and thought we would have plenty of time to make that. Of course, things don't always go according to plan, and this was one of those instances. Our first delay occurred when we reached Lyon and got caught up in what had to have been Friday night rush hour traffic. An hour later we were finally through Lyon and headed west.
The second delay occurred in the town of Clermont-Ferrand where the exit to the A71 tollway was closed and we had to take a detour through town. Again, this was @ an hour delay. To make a long story short, we didn't get to Amboise and our B&B until 10:30 PM. Dinner was a loaf of bread, sliced salami and cheese in the car as we drove. I guess we'll try for a nice dinner tomorrow night.
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| Returning from our ride |
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| Sunset on the tollway |
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| Jet stream tails |
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