Up the French Canals

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Rhone lockbridge in background,Port St. Louis</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4259f370.jpg" border=0 width="415" height="311" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  watching water jousters practice</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="42798320.jpg" border=0 width="408" height="306" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  for water festival outside Port St. Louis</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="47948610.jpg" border=0 width="328" height="353" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  a small circus visited Port St. Louis while we prepared for the canals</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Our first stop on the Rhone was the city of Arles, immortalized by Van Gogh.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="43753900.jpg" border=0 width="339" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  the 2000-year-old amphitheatre in Arles was setting up for the bullfights</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="47bb4950.jpg" border=0 width="436" height="149" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> before the corrida the bulls are run through the streets</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4768f420.jpg" border=0 width="399" height="322" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> horses slow the bull so participants can grab the bull</div> <bR> <div> After a fierce rainstorm, the level of the river rose 90 cm overnight, so we waited a day for the current and debris to lessen before we headed upstream.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4770d670.jpg" border=0 width="269" height="359" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> the big doors closing on a Rhone lock</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="45799330.jpg" border=0 width="409" height="307" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> British friends tied to the floating bollard</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4452c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  in one large lock we rose 20 meters in 7 minutes</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="47867d70.jpg" border=0 width="359" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> the famous Pont D'Avignon</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="45b791b0.jpg" border=0 width="377" height="283" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> a tourist boat exiting a Rhone lock</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="47e70140.jpg" border=0 width="368" height="276" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> some mornings we had to wait for the mist to lift from the river</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="461682c0.jpg" border=0 width="360" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> nuclear plants</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4542c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> different plants...grapes in the Charpoutier vineyard,Tain l'Hermitage</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="46358cc0.jpg" border=0 width="344" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> evening in Tournon</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="48098320.jpg" border=0 width="408" height="306" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> cruising through downtown Lyon</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="47a1b790.jpg" border=0 width="283" height="377" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> weaponry display in Trevoux</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="46a2c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> downtown Chalone Sur Saone</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="46c2c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> the marina in Chalone Sur Saone</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4702c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Gergy WW2 monument </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4727cec0.jpg" border=0 width="380" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Verdun Sur Le Doubs</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4838b100.jpg" border=0 width="395" height="272" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> cruising up the Saone on a September morn</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4869d360.jpg" border=0 width="413" height="310" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> canal traffic</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> 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