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July 21, 2004

Valence, Grenoble and Le Bourg-d'Oisan

Left Avignon yesterday and spent the night in Valence. Not much there except a lot of construction which caused traffic to move very slowly. I stayed away from the city center and in the hotel. Then I went into the Alps to Saint-Jean-en-Royans to watch the race. After the race I went to Grenoble. So did everyone else. The traffic getting into the city was crawling. Once in the city there were no hotels. The town seems very nice, but thunder storms kept me from looking around too much. With no chance of getting a hotel I decided to sleep in the car near the Alp d'Huez course in the town of Le Bourg-d'Oisan. The drive was about 30 miles and it was 30 miles of bumper to bumper traffic. I finally reached the town and found a place to park at 12:30 AM. Here are some pictures of Saint-Jean-en-Royans and the area around Le Bourg-d'Oisan where I camped.