Next destination for the day was Les Sables-d’Olonne. I drove into the town just to check it out and saw that it was a tourist town. I got some cash at a local ATM and quickly headed south. I stopped at the beaches and took a few pics.
I was getting disappointed that there did not appear to be any well defined coastal roads that were not tourist routes and then discovered exactly what I was looking for south of Royan. I followed a great D-road coastal system (starting off on D-145) from Royan down to near Bourg that provided me with views of the sea, countryside. lowlands and bluffs with narry a car to be seen. In fact, in order to do this, after D-145, I had to ignore my GPS all the way. It kept trying to get me on a D-route further from the coast and every time it told me to turn left, I turned right or went straight on. These roads were not in the GPS nor on the map.
I came across a slue at low tide near Maubert and decided to give my butt a rest. I got off and took some pics and then saw a very beautiful girl walking in the distance and she seemed to be steering her way right to me. In fact, that is what she did. How pleasant. She was a college student and wanted me to help her fill out a questionnaire concerning the use and preservation of the slue area as a natural resource. So for the next 10 minutes we got to play 20 questions and she wrote down what I told her. A nice rest stop for sure. This coastal area is an area that is worthy of much more exploration on a future trip.
Here you see the slue at low tide. All the boats are stuck in the mud but the ducks are still happy.
I saw some more sunflowers. I told them all a joke but they just turned their backs to me.
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