We are now in the foothills of the High Pyrenees. Snowy peaks are just to the south of us.
Today's travel was more vertical than horizontal, or so it seemed.
We drove over two high passes, with the second being just over 2000m. There was much too-ing and fro-ing as we climbed and descended. A slow way to get anywhere.
The first pass was beautiful, with great views down into both valleys. The second was marred by a massive ski development. Huge hotels, many lifts to every peak in view and all completely empty at this time of the year.
The peaks, however, are very nice, even to a person from the Kootenays. Narrow valleys, high peaks, open fields...mostly deciduous trees here.
We stopped for the night at a small farm campground near a village called Gebre. Only one more village between us and the several cirques at the end of the valley, with the Spanish border just beyond. To get to Spain from here, though, will require almost a day's drive, because we can't use this valley but must be on the next valley east. But that's Friday's problem.
Tomorrow, weather permitting, we plan to hike into the cirques to the south. We will see when the local rooster wakes us up.
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