Last day in Mazan

We gave Lance and Rob the morning off. Or perhaps they needed to escaped! While we slept in and had a leisurely breakfast, they went off to tackle Mont Ventoux "at speed." The top professional cyclists will make it to the top in under one hour fifteen minutes. The owner of the bike shop at the bottom of Mont Ventoux said a "respectable time" was an hour and a half, an hour forty five. Lance clocked 1:25:18, Rob in 1:38:40! Both pretty darned "respectable" in my book. Great job guys! After breakfast, while Lance and Rob were suffering up Mont Ventoux,  me, Barb and Paul returned to the Isle sur la Sorge market for some last minute trinkets and food for the trip into the Alps. The market was super busy, much more so than last week. Barb and Paul tackled the market while I drove around, unsuccessfully looking for a place to park. Ultimately, our divide and conquer strategy worked out well. By the time I circled around the streets surrounding centre ville, Barb and Paul emerged with a couple of sacks of baguettes and other tasty treats! Lance and Rob were cleaned up and waiting for us when we got back to the Chateau de Mazan. Over lunch, they regaled us with their exploits with a Belgium cyclist on the morning's climb. After lunch, we loaded up the bikes and headed into the Alps to start the next part of our adventure: experiencing the Tour de France in person