The Mont Blanc Express
Trip Start
Jul 10, 2010
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Trip End
Jul 25, 2010
Martigny, Swiss Alps, Switzerland
Sunday, July 18, 2010
SUNDAY 7/18: We have just arrived in Martigny, everyone excited about the next leg of our Journey. It is about 3:00pm and we are just boarding the Mt. Blanc Express, as it gets going we notice that the direction it is heading is straight for the mountain in front of us not around it as one would expect. Wait a minute it is going straight up the mountain side, everyone a bit nervous but of all of us, Kyle has gotten very quiet and does not seem to happy about the train traversing a track mountain goats wouldn't go on.
WOW, the scenery is breathtaking. We are taking tons of pictures knowing all along that they won't begin to capture the true majesty of this place. The ride to Chamonix is about 1 hour and involves riding all the way to the top of a valley and then switching trains for the ride down the other end of the valley which is where Chamonix is situated.
About halfway through the trip, all of a sudden a collective WOW let out through the train. The Mt. Blanc Massif just came into view and it is huge even by American standards. It is spectacular to see all that white of the glacier against the green of the lower mountains. The whole Chamonix Valley has amazing scenery.
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I know you haven't posted anything yet on this site but thought it was best way to reach you....tell Justin EEEEEEEEEEKKKKS!! The Tempe Town Lake Dam burst and all the lake water spilled into the Salt River wash going west so poor ASU no longer has a Tempe Town Lake................. boats stranded, etc. Did it in the middle of the night....tune into AZ CENTRAL NEWS for pics.
HYSTERICAL!
It all looks WONDERFUL!! Hope your weather is good. Train ride must have been great! Want to post more but leaving for San Diego in the morning (Fri) taking Oscar/Gracie to dog beach and camping at KOA. Back Sunday aft. Will write more later. Keep having a great time....I think of all of you several times a day trying to imagine where you are and what you're doing!
Does this bring to mind the story of the little engine that could?
"I think I can, I think I can, I think I can... I knew I could, I knew I could."