Last week I tagged along with Alicia and Rudy as we made our furthest trip yet into the French Alps. As we headed east we meandered through alot of smaller towns just to enjoy the scenery. Our main destination was the town of Digne which I would say is one of the gateways to the Alps.
When we arrived in Digne we walked the streets in the center of town, stopped and had a sandwich and then to a nice little coffee shop before we continued our trip east.
Heading out of town we noticed many of the cars meeting us on the road were covered with snow and as we continued the mountains started to come into much better view. The weather also became colder with more clouds and even a few flakes of snow. As the elevation increased there was more snow on the ground and I began to wonder about the condition of the roads ahead. As luck would have it we started to run out of daylight or we would have continued our journey further into the mountains. By my scientific calculations we were about an hour or so from the Italian border when we had to turn back.
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| A little town we passed through east of Digne - la Javie |
Next time I think an overnight trip might be in order so we can truly take our time and really enjoy the area. I might even try some snowboarding or bobsledding during our return trip.....Jamais!!!...which means "Never" in French. :-)
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| The afternoon sun shining brightly on the cloud shrouded mountain peaks |
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| A closer look through the telephoto lens |
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| The clouds seemed to form right before us...and they would not go away. |
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