Oct 21 Then we quickly rode to Toulouse.

Wow are there ever a lot of hills on the route we took to Toulouse. You could tell that big bike races  happened on these roads because of all the slogans written on the road cheering on the favourite teams. One memorable climb was a big sprint on the tour de france and it had the sprint line banners and everything. We stopped in Marciac, then Auch and the last stop before Toulouse was L'Isle de Jordain. Auch would have been nicer with fresh legs but at the end of the day we found ourselves in a town built on the walls of a valley that we zig zagged across to get to our hill top hotel. It was a nice place but we were tired and cranky. Then in L'Isle de Jordan we got to see some people cable waterskiing. That is when you get towed around in a circle by a thing like a chairlift over the water.

Two flats in two days and a broken front rack the next, tough couple of days on the gear. We bought one new tire and are still searching for a replacement rack. Maybe I will get Hugh to bring one when he comes for Christmas. 

Some of the summit hills

Nice road..

I feel a project coming on, it's going to be a motor home.

Lunch in a bus stop. Bus stops have become our regular snack hang outs.

Tidy rows ot trees.

I guess one should expect hills in the Pyrénées.

Church in Mrciac

Former convent, now a kindergarten school and a jazz instrument museum and workshop.

This little town hosts a jazz festival every summer one of the stars have been Ray Charles.

Second oldest house in Marciac from the mideval times

The oldest house and the prettiest girl in Marciac.

Great view of the Pyraneés 

Castle ruins with bird.

Same ruins and the beautiful country side.

Chateau beside road.

Cool church in a tiny town of four houses and a school.

Lunch time by the Canal

The entrance or exit of another village.

Grapes in garden of our hotel in Auch.

Down the road from our hotel in Auch.

The road.

  

Not long to go down.

But a long time up.

Cable skiing in l'Isle Jourdain 

Tricks on the obstacles.

Best view of the village

From our balcony.

Cat made its own bed.

We stop by the Air Bus and saw some of the planes they build. 

Nice path by the Garône river.

Well, the front rack on Al's bike is broken after 2500 km now it wears suspenders to keep the pannier in place.

Pedestrian over pass on the Garône river.

Big rocks on the Garône river.

Yoly dancing the limbo on her bike on the river overpass.

Yoly happy to be on the canal du midi..