A hazy day in the valley.....

A sunny Saturday here in the valley but with beaucoup haze. It's been one of those days where you can see the outlines of the Vaucluse and Luberon ranges from here in the valley but not much else. No wind,  some moisture in the air along with wood burning is probably the culprit. Not a good day for those wide landscape photos unless of course you like hazy looking photos. :-)

As it turns out this hazy day was a lazy day of sorts for me. I did manage to study some French and we did travel to Apt to raid the grocery store. It was also the day for Rudy to visit the veterinarian for his first ever French checkup. Turns out (which I suspected) he has an ear infection and a skin allergy. Hopefully the bag full of medicine and treatments we brought home will take care of his ailments.

We did have enough daylight left for a quick drive up into the Vaucluse range north of here. The roads are very curvy and the hills in this area drop off quickly into gorges. If you miss one of the sharp curves it will be a drop straight down about 200 feet or more in some places, with a definite sudden impact at the bottom of the gorge.

We made it as far as Javon Chateau which in my estimation is more like a small castle. It was built in the early 16th century and from what I have read it was used by the French Resistance during World War II. The chateau is still used as a private residence and has a great remote and picturesque location. It's one of those places that you would love to be invited in by the owners for a long and leisure tour, which unfortunately did not happen while we were there.

Chateau de Javon

If only these walls could talk 

Not your average 500 year old ranch style house.