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| Les Masson at the famous Pont d'Arc over the Ardèche river |
You're probably used to seeing the words
kamping,
kanoeing and
kaving spelled with the letter C. Honestly, I don't have a problem with that, Mr. Webster. But I do think that when a certain person truly dominates a field... well it's worth considering renaming it in their honor. And anyone who knows me (
Kari) knows that I am nothing if not an outdoorswoman. Carrying your own potable water and TP around all day? Sign me up. Getting dressed in a tiny tent and sleeping on the ground? You betcha. Community showers and squatty-potties? Bring it.
However, this particular kamping trip was not as rustic as I'd
feared thought it might be. Gabi did a fantastic job planning every detail so that all we had to do was show up and enjoy it.
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| The Gorges de l'Ardèche |
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We kamped in at
La Fontinelle in the village of Bessas in Ardèche. (They also have little cabins for rent next to the kampsites.) On Saturday, we rented kanoes from
Viking Bateaux and did 24 kilometers down the Gorges de l'Ardèche - unbelievably awesome. I doubly recommend it if your husband has a lot of kanoe experience and can do most of the paddling for you... And finally, on Sunday we went kaving at
Orgnac - more on that later.
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| View from La Fontinelle kampsite |
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| Nearby village of Bessas |
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| My kind of kamping: with a great pool! |
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| Walking over to Bessas with Ken and Gabi |
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Lunch at a restaurant terrace overlooking the river...
Fresh river trout and amazing sorbet for dessert. |
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| Gabi, trip-planner extraordinaire |
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| Such a natural outdoorswoman. |
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| Beautiful views... |
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| About two hours into the kanoe trip... |
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| Swim break! |
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I made fun of the goofy white strings they gave out for holding glasses...
until my sunglasses got knocked off going over some rapids :( |
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| River rocks |
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| The last leg of the trip...22 km down, only 2 to go! |
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| The end. |
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| Sunset at the arch |
9 comments:
So, Kari, did you lose your glasses or did you use the white string? Love the sunset pic.
WISH I could have been there!!!!
Amazing trip.
-Britt
Beautiful. This sounds like the kind of camping maybe even I could handle :)
Beautiful. This sounds like the kind of camping maybe even I could handle :)
Sounds like a great trip! Does this mean you got camping out of your mind so that now we don't have to do it in the States??? I wouldn't mind kamping so much if we could find a place with a nice pool and restaurant like on your trip!
Wow! Now that's my kind of vacation!!! So thankful you were able to do that. Tell Gabi merci for planning this amazing getaway for my kids!
I love kampine, kanoeing and kaving! And I think I'd love them even more in France! Wow...so beautiful :)
I wanna go!!
Wow - pics are beautiful. Glad you had a good time. Miss you guys!!
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