{"id":5966,"date":"2012-07-11T20:29:09","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T00:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=5966"},"modified":"2015-07-02T15:13:35","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T19:13:35","slug":"day-46-wednesday-july-11-toulon-to-cavalaire-sur-mer-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=5966","title":{"rendered":"Day 46, Wednesday, July 11 – Toulon to Cavalaire Sur Mer, France"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had discussed taking today off and enjoying doing nothing as our legs rested. \u00a0But with not the best hotel room to do nothing in, we packed up and paddled out of town.\"\"<\/a> In our research for this stretch, we learned there was a bike path created along the old railway, all we had to do is find it; something none of the web sites were very specific about. \u00a0Amazingly, we did find it.\"\"<\/a>Not hard to imagine a train track on our course \"\"<\/a>as we wound through small towns, the backyard of homes and vineyards.\"\"<\/a> Occasionally our course rode beside the road,\"\"<\/a>with vistas of the mountains<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>we hoped to avoid today. \u00a0 That idea lasted until about 11:00, when our climbing began. \u00a0The shoreline of Cote d’Azur was obscured most of the day by large homes\"\"<\/a>high fences or trees\"\"<\/a> making the occassionl glimpse of the sea,\"\"<\/a> that much sweeter.\"\"<\/a>Every cove showed hillsides filled with homes\"\"<\/a> also looking for that glimpse of the Sea. \u00a0Just before noon, feeling pretty confident with less than ten miles to go, we decided to slow down, take a break and enjoy lunch. \u00a0Little did we know (though history would prove otherwise) that we would have a good climb on a\u00a0dirt and rock <\/strong><\/em>path; \"\"<\/a>it slowed our last stretch down tremendously. \"\"<\/a> Luckily, the last couple miles were paved, \"\"<\/a>so we were able to enjoy our last downhill at more than 6 mph. \u00a0Checked into our hotel on the outskirts of this small beach village. \u00a0Strolled the white sand beach, \"\"<\/a>but didn’t last long in the heat of the late afternoon. \u00a0Rested for the rest of the afternoon; we have some tough mountains to climb tomorrow.\n\t\t