Alp d'Huez or Bust?

  Well, it appears that our luck has turned; the RV has broken down. First, the good news, we are parked in a safe locale and are okay no dramatic breakdown. It did however change our plans for the day.  

As previously discussed, Alp d'Huez is the pinnacle of the Tour de France - in every tour featuring this epic climb, great physical feats and attacks happen.  It is where hearts are broken and heroes are made. It is the quintessential hill climb that separates the champion from everyone else. It has broken many men. 

Back to the RV, we tried calling for service this morning but the office doesn't open until 9AM-- I had a ticket to ride shuttle bus/gondola to the top with Mark and Todd was going to ride his bike up this beast of a mountain. Sharon  has severe fear of cliffs and this just wouldn't work for her so she was going to head into town for a viewing there. In order for Todd to get up there before the roads are closed he needed to leave by 8:30;  I essentially had to push him out the door to climb the epic mountain that he's dreamed of for so long. 

My hubby is such a good guy, he said he would stay and take care of the RV so that I could go, but I just couldn't let him do that-- this is the Alp d'Huez! He's been dreaming of this for so long.