We fired up our rusty old 2CV Van, filled it with gasoline, and headed out for an adventure. We followed our noses east, then north until the road stopped. Then we walked.

Apparently we were not the first to follow this trail. What's amazing is someone brought this couch out here a mile or so after the road ended!?

Across the valley, a heron stared at the reservoir

while a pack of hornets greedily pilfered the fennel flowers

I took an obligatory watch photo and realized I put the darn thing on upside down (after taking it off to change the 2CV's battery). I must make an appointment with my eye doctor!
[you wouldn't have known if I didn't confess that, would you?]
We ambled back to the van chewing our sticks of fennel. Just in time to prevent heat stroke from the heat and low humidity!