Headed back north, now June 25th, we skirted Grenoble, saving it for next time, but stopped briefly for a large junque eschoppe, La Puceroi, and then later to observe the parapentes (parasails) launching from the cliffs above and then landing in the valley near Monfort. In our experience, Chamonix was always the place for watching parasails...sometimes a dozen in the air at one time. North of Grenoble, however, there were dozens soaring about. I counted sixty-some at one point. Singles, tandems, even a group of three maybe. The Allee des Parapentes, Vicki called it. After many pix, we drove on, landing eventually at Aix les Bains, outside a Casino supermarche.
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The cliffs going into and coming out of Grenoble were interesting
and impressive |
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At the junk shop...imagine a ski-lift tele-cabin in
your back yard, sort of a conservatory or greenhouse... |
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| Thought for the day |
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| Reminded me of a scene from Carrie... |
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| Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? |
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| On final approach... |
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| The landing field |
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| Queuing for landing |
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| Amazing landing sequence |
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| Menage a trois? |
1 comment:
Wow! I did parasailing behind a boat in Mexico but don't think I am brave enough to jump off a mountain.
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