Tech Issues Abound, But Nature Rocks
Leaving Paris was quite an adventure, the GPS app didn’t
work! Todd is quite fond of the MotionX app on his iPad and uses it all the
time complete with his favorite guide voice, “the Cougar.” In any case, the
cougar let us down big time and we were stuck using maps Todd had printed up
with directions – thank goodness for his foresight or we might still be in
Paris. The streets have ridiculously small street signs! Seriously, I think they are merely
ornamental. You just have to know where
you are going or have a GPS that works. It
all worked out, we later discovered that the Maps app by Apple worked
fine—things are good now. Bonus: I’m not tortured by the Cougar voice. It is so
cheesy. Ugh.
Technology is so good and so bad. It is awesome when it is readily available
and so horrible when you don’t have what you need. Case in point, our RV will
not charge any of our devices via plugs (although we can power the iPad and
phone (music) on via the cigarette lighter).
We definitely need a solution for this today. My full size camera has
two batteries and I’m on the last one.
Eeek. My iPhone takes nice photos,
but my camera takes way better ones. I
have more than double the megapixels.
In the meantime, I’m taking pictures with my mind. It has seriously been amazingly beautiful. I
just can’t express in words how stunning the Pyrenees Mountains are when you
see them in person. In addition to the
natural beauty, there is incredible beauty in the old buildings that may be
close to 200 years old. Each rock is
meticulously placed. Amazing!
I am totally reminded of the scenes from the movie Heidi
(from when I was young- you know, the dark ages). Of course, that was probably
a movie set but it seemed so amazingly beautiful to me as a kid.
The sounds of nature just surrounded our camper. The birds sang continuously, the water rushed
through the rocks, and the crickets were just blasting their own song all day
long.
This is my favorite picture of the little waterfall
Random Thoughts on Travel
This trip started off with some very crazy happenings – while in Salt Lake City we were grabbing a bite to eat and saw a poor man with a cane kind of throw himself to the ground. He was attempting to pick up what looked to be dog crap off the ground. It just made no sense, dog poop on the carpet in an airport?! Well, in looking around we noticed that there was a service dog—then it made sense. I felt so sorry for the man—travel is hard enough without having to add pooper scooper duties to the mix. A lovely woman ran over to help him and he was soon on his way and all was back to the normal hustle and bustle activity of an airport.
We saw the sun go down and come right back up in a matter of minutes. It couldn't have been more than 15 minutes.
On the trip from SLC to Paris, we had one guy in our row of 5 seats. This guy must be the only person in the world who likes to sit in the center. He stayed next to Todd all night long-- he put on a red mask and Todd just had to call him Robin. Does that make Todd--- Batman?! LOL
Hello Robin, where's your friend Batman?
Le Tour
The Tour de France is like a crazy carnival; it is a cross between New Orleans' Mardi Gras and your basic State or County Fair. Crazy characters dressed up, wild cars, and people throwing stuff at you. The Vendors drive by in parade fashion with cars decorated wildly, pounding music, and they are throwing out goodies like there is no tomorrow. We got everything a wide variety of items; there were such treasures as hats, candies, drink powders, and even laundry soap.
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