Monday, August 12, 2019

Hut to Hut in the Alps - Part 1: Meeting Cassie! - Pralognan la Vanoise -> Ref du Bois

A few days in Paris is all I need.  Time to head to the mtns!
The boys still like trains!


And this French kid likes Kai! Not sure where he came from... 
Kimbo slouching...
After a few trains and a bus, we arrived at Pralognan en Vanoise
Where the locals all came out to greet us.  With a band an all... 
Turns out there was a festival going on... which seems to happen here every weekend.

Cool streets right?
We met up with our Donkey host.  He has a slack line and a trampoline.  So we immediately approved.  
After sorting out our itinerary, we went back into town to sample the local goodies.  Mainly cheese
Trail running races. 
So much cheese... 

The next day we woke up to this... 
We'd start day 1 very easy... going from Champany la Vanoise to Ref du Bois.  This is car accessible.  But helped work out the kinks.  

The ski area map.  There are paragliding sites, places to practice mtneering... all things lawyers in this country prohibit... 
Our first meeting with Cassie!
After a 2 min tutorial on how to take care of Cassie, we were off.  




Here's Cassie's injured leg.  I had to put clay on it 3 times a day to keep the flies out.
Amazing architecture
Snack time!

Sweet trails
We made it!
They even had a donkey area.  And Kai groomed Cassie...

Beer me
We played cards while Nikko slept
And ate too much cheese...








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