Armida's Travels: Oops–where did July go?

Saint Jean de Losne

Damn, it’s August already and only a month and a half to go. What happened to July?
Well, it got busy. After the water subsided we could go places and there were lots of other boats and people to visit. Also Tess and Tony came for a week which was wonderful.
So here is a brief summary – After Lyon we took our time back up the, now peaceful, Saone stopping at Trevoux (finally), Montmerle (again) and Macon. We then did a diversion up the Seille, a small river off the Saone with self operated locks and a much more intimate feel. We sat out some hot weather under the trees in Cruisery and then continued up to Louhans and back.
Then back down to Macon where we met Tess and Tony and rented a car. Terry and the dogs stayed on the boat trying to keep cool while we drove the 2 1/2 hours to Chamonix and took the amazing gondolas up to Aguille du Midi at 12,500’ for truly spectacular views of Mont Blanc and the Alps. The next day we took the cog railway to the foot of the glacier and ice cave and then drove back to Macon. A relaxed, but long, day saw us cruise back down the Saone all the way to Lyon (85km in one day, another record for us) to give Tess and Tony some city sights before they returned from their, all to short, visit.
We have now retraced our steps back to Saint Jean de Losne where we are sitting on the Quay having caught up with laundry waiting for the Vide Grenier that will be right by the boat tomorrow.
Monday we will set off north up the now “Petite” Saone as far as we can into the Vosges Mountains before we turn around and come back here to go home. We hope the mountains will stay cool for August.
Here are a few photos:
Trevoux and automated flower watering.