We walked 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) today around Lac de Pont (Bridge Lake). After arriving at the parking lot, we walked down the beach and across the dam and, under a red bridge, saw the overflow area, which had obviously been used recently.<\/p>\n
It only took us three hours and we were going at a fairly slow pace. Ethan talked about Minecraft the whole way, and I, after yammering on about skiing for the first hour, walked ahead of the others.<\/p>\n
We didn\u2019t see any animals or anything particularly interesting. It was what we didn\u2019t see that was interesting: where there was supposed to be a bridge and an island, there was just lake.<\/p>\n
We also saw a flour mill that had been drowned in the 19th<\/sup> century when the dam was created.<\/p>\n After the walk, we stopped at the Intermarche and bought butter, lettuce, tomatoes, chocolate bars, oranges, cookies, and dryer sheets. We had supper at home again, and I thought everything needed more vinegar.<\/p>\n Ciao!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We walked 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) today around Lac de Pont (Bridge Lake). After arriving at the parking lot, we walked down the beach and across the dam and, under a red bridge, saw the overflow area, which had obviously … Continue reading