Today I pedaled toward Chateau Chambord.
Chateau Chambord is situated within a massive nature preserve. Riding up to the chateau was pretty cool. The white castle-like building appears out of a wooded forest. A small farmer’s market was set up on the grounds.
A Breakfast of Peons 
Helmet head at Chambord 
The Green Machine posing scandalously
After tooling around the chateau grounds, meeting a nature photographer out in the preserve, and asking why they were flying the American flag (some conference is on), I went over to the market and bought a pastry, some goat cheese and strawberries in anticipation of dinner and dessert at tonight’s campsite, which is just past Orleans.
The ride to Orleans felt long with intermittent rain, a tender knee, and the lingering thought that I miss talking to fluent English speakers. I’ve even found myself listening to whatever downloaded podcasts I could. Currently Bon Apetit Foodcast: Steaming Chicken Breasts…skin on or skin off? I’ll soon know.
The chèvre guy! 
Chambord’s bounty 
Pullup challenge at Orleans 
Pullup challenge at camp 
A doctor who recently moved from Paris & invited me to eat some cherries 
This leg takes you through a cherry town
I biked a kilometer out of camp to a bakery where I bought a delicious baguette to go along with my cheese and, how shall I put this, my fresh strawberries turned coulis. Fantastic!
Getting camp set up 
A break for dinner!