Pathfinder III
Hello folks,
Here a small report about our trip through France.
I am writing the report on the mid-Europe section, but here I will try to keep you informed as well.
All the pictures are on my Facebook page.
And here I will copy my report. Today is day 4 and it is time to hit the sack.
Well enjoy.
Today we arrived at Heimsbrunn near Mulhouse. We went to a campsite we found several years ago. And for the first two nights it is good.
Now we can relax and get some sleep.
Arriving at Mulhouse around half past one, we did some shopping for dinner and got some fuel.
a just a bit further to the campsite.
After setting up camp, Frederique went to bed and I had a good walk with Skai.
After dinner, which was a good grill moment, I went to bed and so the first afternoon was just plain relaxing.
Tomorrow there will be a hunt for someone geocaches and I will explore the direct back roads.
When I had a walk with Skai, I noticed some nice unpaved roads. So they called out for me. And I will go there tomorrow.
Maybe we can combine the hunt for caches and exploring the back roads.
It will not be far or long, but just a relaxed couple of hours.
Day 2
The second day was a lazy one in the morning, kust sleeping in and after a good brunch we headed out for a good drive and finding some geocaches.
So, we found a nice route around Heimsbrunn. Frederique did 10 caches and the tracks we found are just a few from what is possible in this area.
I think the next time we will find even more tracks. And a full day drive should Be possible.
Yes, the tracks were very easy due the weather. But they were promising when wet.
Completely legal? From our point of view yes. But everyone knows we like to bend the rules just a little bit.
Again having a good meal from the grill will conclude the day.
After that it is just relaxing and having a light conversation mixed with meditational thoughts. Hehe falling asleep is the right word for it.
Day 3
After a good night sleep and a decent sleep in, we took down our camp and headed to Gerardmer. A little campsite in the mountains and here we stay for two nights.
Tomorrow we will visit some cascades and we will have a good drive.
The route which I downloaded is not as good as I hoped, so we will go again and find our own track. We will manage.
As we are in the mountains, the temperature is dropping fast, which means campfire!!!!
And the stars are way more to see as in the Netherlands. And this is still a area with lots of small villages.
Hopefully we will see even more stars this week.
The route we took today was a nice one. The voyages are beautiful.
The only thing which is a reason to watch your road ahead are speed cyclists which think the road belongs to them. We almost had one right on the front of our car when he came down hill and wasn't able to stop. He overtook a car, that fast he was. Lucky for me I do have a bullbar. It works for animals, but cyclists will do as well.
The next ones are bikers, which we know well, as we were here with our bikes a long time ago.
Bikers paradise it is here.
Good, tomorrow when in the woods, we won't see much of them and we will be able to enjoy some peace and quietness.
Day 4
This morning after again a good sleep in, we went for the hunt of a fit bit charger.
No succes, but we will try that again tomorrow.
So we cruised through Gerardmer which was very touristic. Nice but crowded.
And it wasn'teven the main season.
After that we went to visit the Grande cascades du Tendon near le Tholy. Well, they were nice but due the dry summer they weren't filled much with water.
Still nice place to visit.
Then it was of and up in the mountains. We did combine the search for geocaches with leaning as we do normally. We did find some very nice lanes. Even found two track were we needed a bit more skills, 4 low and power. Superb. We had a good time.
Not all the caches were found, but the spots where they should be where on beautiful places.
Even as we didn't had any difficulties it was great.
Now back at the campsite it is dinner time and with the "about that much" cook book from Jason of All4adventure we did our version of the Zuchinni pie. Did? Actually it is right on the fire the moment I write this part.
In about an half an hour we can have dinner.
We will light up the fire and chat through the evening.
Until now everything is going according to plan.
Little update.
It tasted great.
Here a small report about our trip through France.
I am writing the report on the mid-Europe section, but here I will try to keep you informed as well.
All the pictures are on my Facebook page.
And here I will copy my report. Today is day 4 and it is time to hit the sack.
Well enjoy.
Today we arrived at Heimsbrunn near Mulhouse. We went to a campsite we found several years ago. And for the first two nights it is good.
Now we can relax and get some sleep.
Arriving at Mulhouse around half past one, we did some shopping for dinner and got some fuel.
a just a bit further to the campsite.
After setting up camp, Frederique went to bed and I had a good walk with Skai.
After dinner, which was a good grill moment, I went to bed and so the first afternoon was just plain relaxing.
Tomorrow there will be a hunt for someone geocaches and I will explore the direct back roads.
When I had a walk with Skai, I noticed some nice unpaved roads. So they called out for me. And I will go there tomorrow.
Maybe we can combine the hunt for caches and exploring the back roads.
It will not be far or long, but just a relaxed couple of hours.
Day 2
The second day was a lazy one in the morning, kust sleeping in and after a good brunch we headed out for a good drive and finding some geocaches.
So, we found a nice route around Heimsbrunn. Frederique did 10 caches and the tracks we found are just a few from what is possible in this area.
I think the next time we will find even more tracks. And a full day drive should Be possible.
Yes, the tracks were very easy due the weather. But they were promising when wet.
Completely legal? From our point of view yes. But everyone knows we like to bend the rules just a little bit.
Again having a good meal from the grill will conclude the day.
After that it is just relaxing and having a light conversation mixed with meditational thoughts. Hehe falling asleep is the right word for it.
Day 3
After a good night sleep and a decent sleep in, we took down our camp and headed to Gerardmer. A little campsite in the mountains and here we stay for two nights.
Tomorrow we will visit some cascades and we will have a good drive.
The route which I downloaded is not as good as I hoped, so we will go again and find our own track. We will manage.
As we are in the mountains, the temperature is dropping fast, which means campfire!!!!
And the stars are way more to see as in the Netherlands. And this is still a area with lots of small villages.
Hopefully we will see even more stars this week.
The route we took today was a nice one. The voyages are beautiful.
The only thing which is a reason to watch your road ahead are speed cyclists which think the road belongs to them. We almost had one right on the front of our car when he came down hill and wasn't able to stop. He overtook a car, that fast he was. Lucky for me I do have a bullbar. It works for animals, but cyclists will do as well.
The next ones are bikers, which we know well, as we were here with our bikes a long time ago.
Bikers paradise it is here.
Good, tomorrow when in the woods, we won't see much of them and we will be able to enjoy some peace and quietness.
Day 4
This morning after again a good sleep in, we went for the hunt of a fit bit charger.
No succes, but we will try that again tomorrow.
So we cruised through Gerardmer which was very touristic. Nice but crowded.
And it wasn'teven the main season.
After that we went to visit the Grande cascades du Tendon near le Tholy. Well, they were nice but due the dry summer they weren't filled much with water.
Still nice place to visit.
Then it was of and up in the mountains. We did combine the search for geocaches with leaning as we do normally. We did find some very nice lanes. Even found two track were we needed a bit more skills, 4 low and power. Superb. We had a good time.
Not all the caches were found, but the spots where they should be where on beautiful places.
Even as we didn't had any difficulties it was great.
Now back at the campsite it is dinner time and with the "about that much" cook book from Jason of All4adventure we did our version of the Zuchinni pie. Did? Actually it is right on the fire the moment I write this part.
In about an half an hour we can have dinner.
We will light up the fire and chat through the evening.
Until now everything is going according to plan.
Little update.
It tasted great.
