22 July Col de la Leisse to Col du Palet

IMG 2852  Christine "conversing" with another rental donkey IMG 2854  whatchyagot? IMG 2855  maybe... IMG 2856  but only if I don't have to move my hooves
IMG 9331  A storm in the night left water droplets on everything IMG 9332  but the sky was clean IMG 9334  leaving the hut IMG 2857  crossing some snow on the way to the pass
IMG 2859  others behind us IMG 2860  at the pass, high point for the trip, 2700m IMG 2862  still a lot of snow IMG 2864  looking back toward the east face of la Grande Motte
IMG 9337  food we bought in Tignes for lunch and onward: cubed cheese, greens, mushrooms, apple, bread and dried bananas IMG 2867  Lac de Tignes looks like the Machine City IMG 9340  more than half way up the hillside toward Col de Palet we stop to send emails and eat IMG 2869  email office far above Tignes
IMG 2870  over the col to the rather gloomy Refuge du Col de Palet IMG 2872  evidence of the growth of tent camping IMG 2873  and donkey rentals IMG 2875  the old building with its outdoor composting toilet