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We parked the bikes and hiked in the valley in front of the glacier.
it is so beautiful here and no other people around. We were having a great time.
Erika and I near the glacier
The scenery was so rough and pure. The high snowcovered mountain tops, cold snow and
rough rocks, the small streams of the melted snow. The fresh mountain air. It was so
different from the environment we normaly live in in the Netherlands.
Hiking in the rough nature
Unfortunately we could not stay here so went walked back to our bikes and rode back
to the campsite, enjoying the nice off-road experience.
The mountain in the mirror of the R60/5
Back on the campsite, we had dinner. After dinner we went to the hotel (named
"De La Tza") again, with Paul, Gert, Lydia and Sienus and had some hot
chocolat and beer.
When Paul went to Sion this morning, he bought some blankets for us. It was cold
last night and with a blanket over our sleepingbags, it ws much more comfortable.
Friday, July 30, 1982
We woke up from the sound of rain on our tents..... not nice!. Fortunately it got
better during the morning and when the sun started shining again, we rode to Sion
together with Paul and Sienus to do some shopping. After we stowed our groceries
away on the bikes, we left Sion to go to Derborence.
Stowing the groceries away on the bikes
On the road to Derborence, we stopped at a vineyard and sitting on the stone wall
surrounding the vineyard we had lunch with fresh bread, fruit and milk.
Lunch on a wall surrounding a vineyard
Vines with grapes in the vineyard
The road to Derborence (Route de Derborence) was a very exciting road. There
was no real room for a road so parts of the road are cut into the rocks and some
parts are build against the mountain slope and some parts are tunnels.
The "Route de Derborence"
The last section of road was a gravel road that ended on a big parking. We had to
walk the last part because cars and motorcycles were not allowed but it was worth
walking for. Again we were surprised by the gorgeous views.
The view in Derborence
At a restaurant we had hot chocolat and cake and then we went back to our bikes.
Because the road is very narrow, we left Derborence just after the mail coach.
This way we were sure not to run into another mail coach coming from the opposite
direction.
On the way back, Sienus made a picture of Paul, me and Erika that he mailed to us
after our trip.
Paul, I and Erika (picture by Sienus)
Unfortunately, it started to rain and we had to get into our rain gear. Then a
thunderstorm started and I do not like thunderstorms while riding a bike in the
open.....
In Evoléne, we bought a box with two kinds of "Wallisser Bier" glasses, for Paul,
for Gert and Lydia (who left to go to another campsite this morning) and
for us and then we rode back to the campsite.
With a piece of plastic sheet we builded an extension to our tent and had dinner
with the four of us. We had Ravioli, cucumber and chickensoup. After our dinner
we had coffee. The thunderstorm is not over yet so there is nothing else we can
then go to sleep.
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