Our four-day little stop over in the Auvergne started with a hike up Puy de Sancey today -- the highest point in the Massif Central. [Note: by 'hike' I, of course, mean 'took the cable car']. To be fair, the le téléphérique du Sancy only gets you near the top, the last several hundred meters are by foot up a very steep series of steps and paths. The Puy de Sancy is at a ski station just outside of Le Mont-Dore, a gorgeous little village about 5 km from where we are staying in La Bourboule. After a quick stop for a picnic lunch, we got our tickets for the cable car and didn't get off until we hit 1800 meters -- nearly 6000 ft. At the top we had a stunning 360 degree view -- 1886 meters above sea level. Not exactly Mont Blanc, but pretty impressive anyway.
Point us in the right direction.
Julia got on her tippy-toes in order to be taller than Kerri.
Soon, she won't have to do that.
As picnic areas go, this ranks as pretty impressive.
As sunglasses go, Patrick's rank as pretty sweet.
Bread, cheese, tomatoes. That's about all we need for lunch.
Near the top of the Puy de Sancy
Um...my shoe during a little break.
A little later on in the aforementioned break.
Trying out the timer. Boy do we need a new camera. 5.0 megapixels is
so 2005.
The last 400 meters were the hardest. Almost like a ladder.
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