55.17: Andorra: Estany's de la Vall del Riu, a day that wiped us (nearly) out, including a 'bridge too far'.
A view of the town in which we are residing for a month. From a distance, we see the water escaping from the lake to which we headed. We’d like to relate three stories that proved to be delightful although one was predominantly of endurance. Actually, the latter type of experiences are the best as they pick up a person and then remain as a notch on the body, or perhaps, the soul. We set off from Luz Saint Sauveur, France, after stocking up with supplies for at least a week. Who knows whether Andorra has any food? The journey would be 5 hours following roads that were anything but highways. We probably traveled through more traffic circles than our accumulated number to date, that is, of our driving careers. It included passing through small towns and hamlets. The largest town was Foix which is enroute to Toulouse…as we all know. Fortunately, it was uneventful until we were closing in on Andorra. As we ascended the final mountain bordering the countries, it beg...
