On Our Way

Sure wish I could sleep sitting up! It's the middle of the night and we're somewhere over the Atlantic. Our flights have gone well so far. We scored emergency exit row window seats on the two longest legs. We're due to land in Geneva in about 4 hours.

Looks like I'm going to be in the midst of a Cartwright family reunion for a few days. Tami's sister, Billie, is going to join us for the first week and her (Tami's) daughter, Jess, will join us for one day in Chamonix and for our first day of hiking. I think I'm going to have to break out the adoption papers!

Everything has gone according to plan. We arrived to a beautiful day in Geneva and easily picked up a van ride to Chamonix. Lunch at a creperie and sitting outside enjoying the view (photo below)

And then we found some truly crazy people! Seems the UTMB (Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc) starts from Chamonix at 16:30 today. Over 2000 runners run 160 km day and night until they finish back here in as little as 20 hours. OMG! By comparison, we'll be taking 2 weeks to hike 180 km.