(I’ll try not to go 2 months between TMB posts, or I’ll forget too many details!)

After breakfast at the Refugio, we opted to head in to town to buy some lunch for the day. We ended up w/ salami/sausage and cheese, not just cheese, due to a language barrier, but eventually got some very nice cheese only. That and baguettes and we were good to go. I wanted to hit the rest room before we left, and this is what I found at a public one in town:

After a short flat trek, we came to Notre-Dame-de-La-Gorge:

And then it was a big climb…. And this is where it started to feel pretty crowded! I passed a lot of people, and it was all beautiful.

After the pass on the way down, I ran into this!:

And the did block the trail!:

Scott and I had a couple hours in Les Chapeaux, and we had very little cell coverage with Kelly and Kelly, even if I got on the local wifi. We were supposed to take a taxi in to Bourg St. Maurice, and found there were vans running every so often. But several were booked, and Scott and I didn’t know when the ladies would arrive. We ended up just getting 4 tickets for the last shuttle, which was a lot cheaper (and safer!) than trying to get a taxi. Safer just because we weren’t sure how long taxi drivers were going to be around!

We had a nice hotel in Bourg St. Maurice and a good dinner right there too. We had a big day the next day, so booked an early shuttle back to the TMB the next day.