Day Six - Mt. Ventoux
We had a great dinner last night in Mazan which between yesterday's lunch and dinner, made the day a clear winner for food.
There are three routes up Mt. Ventoux. Starting from Bedouin is the most common and the one most of our group did. The second is from Malaucene which starts steeply but has "stair steps" of steep and less steep. Howie and Chris did this. It took longer to get to the start. The third is from Sault which is the least steep, roughest and longest.
We are still awaiting Jeff's arrival at the hotel because he's challenged himself to ascend from all three. All power to him but it's a fine line between motivated and .... Fill in the blank.
The rest of us regrouped at Chateau Reynard where the "moonscape" and road to Sault meet. Those who came up from Bedouin had a lunch of omlettes, duck salad and crepes. Howie and Chris went with a ham and cheese and ice cream cone respectively.
We regrouped in Sault where after a very short climb we descended for about 29 kilometers to Gordes where we had a three kilometers climb into this hill town. Most of today's photos will follow shortly in another post.
