It is with a bit of sadness that we say good-bye to the River Lot tomorrow. We have been pedaling beside this river, along its gorgeous gorge, for the past several days. The cycling has been easy; the road surface, good; the scenery spectacular. But tomorrow, indeed, we must head into the mountains. Today was a short day into St. Come d’Olt, at the foot of the Monts d’Aubrac (Aubrac Mountains). It started out cold and overcast this morning, never really did warm up. I have a feeling we’ll be sleeping in full clothes tonight. We went through no real towns today; consequently, we are out of cereal and cookies (two of the four major food groups. The other two food groups are wine and cheese.). Because we had plenty of time this morning, we stopped
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