Our Alpine Adventure

So in words of Monk, here's what happened...

Wednesday afternoon Arlin, Doug and I took a train to Geneva. Doyle Kee picked us up and we had supper and spent the night with the Kees. Thursday morning we got up early, Doyle picked up a couple other members from the Geneva church, and we rode in the church van 3 hours to the base of the mountain, where we met the others. The team was composed of 3 from Belgium (Peter, Paul, and Larry), 5 from Geneva (Doyle, Nelly, Gordana, Jean, and Philippe), 3 from Lausanne (Brady, Stephanie, and Larry), and the 3 of us from Lyon (Arlin, Doug, me). The destination was Les Becs de Bosson, elevation 3,000 meters.

When we were parking, men were bringing cows down the mountain for winter.

This is us as we were first starting out.

Still at the beginning of the hike...
After an hour, we stopped for lunch.
Starting back up again...
Beautiful views!

Doug after lunch

Doug has GREAT pictures!
a little further up...
Almost there... only 5 minutes further...
I didn't take any pictures when we arrived at the cabin, but this picture was taken at sunset. At this cross is 3000 meters.

Mary and sunset at Les Becs de Bosson.

Doug at dawn
Beautiful sunrise
The toilets (not my favorite part of the adventure)
The gardien de la cabane

view of the cabin as we were leaving

On the way back, we could choose the low, easy route, or the more challenging high route... we picked the high route. This peak was 3026 meters.
On the way back down, we somehow got off the marked trail... this is while we were waiting for the veteran hikers in the group to decipher the map.
When we returned to Geneva, we had nearly 2 hours before our train departed, so we walked from the train station to the Reformation Wall, located inside the gardens of the University of Geneva. Doug was ECSTATIC! That was on the list of things to see.

The Lord's Prayer in Old French

The big 4... Calvin on the left. The wall was constructed in 1909 to mark the 400th anniversary of John Calvin's birth.

Arlin showing Doug some of the figures in Reformation history
And that was our adventure!

Doug's pictures are MUCH better than mine... hopefully he'll upload his soon.

Today is a slower day... I am helping Pamela with baking, Doug is helping Arlin with yard work and setting up tables. Tomorrow is a joint potluck (at the Hendrixes' house!) with the Lyon church and a former Boston-movement church located in Lyon. This is the first joint fellowship they have had. Hopefully it will go well!