Encounters – May 17, 2024

  • Francès ~ Gebennesis Camino – #4 Seyssel/Chanaz
  • Distance: 16 miles / Total 57.3 miles
  • Ascent: 62’ / Descent: 716’
  • Time: 7 hours 45 minutes
  • Weather: 60-70°/ sunny, blue sky with white clouds

Encounters along the Rhône River.

Bee boxes.
Four Germans who annually walk a section of the Camino. They think they will age out before reaching Santiago.
Swain, one of dozens.
A perfect lunch spot. Any place with shoes off is perfect.

Riverside – May 17, 2024

  • Francès ~ Gebennesis Camino – #4 Seyssel/Chanaz
  • Distance: 16 miles / Total 57.3 miles
  • Ascent: 62’ / Descent: 716’
  • Time: 7 hours 45 minutes
  • Weather: 60-70°/ sunny, blue sky with white clouds

Today’s walk is down by the riverside. The Rhône River is greener than I anticipated.

Green water.
Classic swain lines.
Rhône River.
It’s Iris season.

Just Ask – May 17, 2024

  • Francès ~ Gebennesis Camino – #4 Seyssel/Chanaz
  • Distance: 16 miles / Total 57.3 miles
  • Ascent: 314’ / Descent: 1,025’
  • Time: 7 hours 45 minutes
  • Weather: 60-70°/ sunny, blue sky with white clouds

I asked the tailor for a zipper. Done. I asked the tailor if she could attach the zipper to my tote bag. Done. Now have a “proper” bag for luggage transportation that’s ultra light and ultra compact. If only I didn’t have to wait 15 days for transfer service.

Approaching Seyssel
Cool door.
Enjoying an aperitif while clean clothes dry on the line. A first for this walk.

Clouds – May 16, 2024

  • Francès ~ Gebennesis Camino – #3 Chaumont/Seyssel
  • Distance: 11.9 miles / Total 41.3 miles
  • Ascent: 1,014’ / Descent: 1,521
  • Time: 6 hours 45 minutes
  • Weather: 50-55°/ overcast, rain (3rd rainy day)

Clouds make rain. Rain makes green plants. Green plants make happy cows.

Never ending mud detour into the weeds.
Green plants with orange flowers.
Green plants creeping walls.
Green plants are a cow’s happy meal.

Outstanding – May 15, 2024

  • Francès ~ Gebennesis Camino – #2 Beaumont/Chaumont
  • Distance: 16.8 miles / Total 29.4 miles
  • Ascent: 1,828’ / Descent: 2,308’
  • Time: 8 hours 30 minutes
  • Weather: 50-60°/ overcast, rain (2nd rainy day)

View from my bedroom window. Mont Blanc lays beyond this mountain range.

Worth the walk.
As Ethel Merman said, “Life is coming up roses.”
My feet say I climbed that mountain.

Fromagerie – May 15, 2024

  • Francès ~ Gebennesis Camino – #2 Beaumont/Chaumont
  • Distance: 16.8 miles / Total 29.4 miles
  • Ascent: 1,828’ / Descent: 1,308’
  • Time: 8 hours 30 minutes
  • Weather: 50-60°/ overcast, rain (2nd rainy day)

Not only does Gǐte Fromagerie have no cows, it also makes no cheese. Disappointment. However, a charming place to stay.

Gǐte Fromagerie
Gǐte Fromagerie
The neighbor’s cows.
Dirt and rain make MUD.

Daily Delight – May 14, 2024

  • Francès ~ Gebennesis Camino – #1 Genèva/Beaumont
  • Distance: 12.6 miles / Total 12.6 miles
  • Ascent: 1,303’ / Descent: 126’
  • Time: 6 hours 15 minutes
  • Weather: 55-65°/ overcast, very light rain (1st rainy day)

Daily delights…

Transportation Lake Genèva style.
Genèva parents ferry children about town on these clever bikes.
Jules Verne port side.
It’s all in the details of the Genèva home.