Oltre and our return to Grenoble

Not content with our crappy day yesterday, Chloe and I engineered the perfect last day for Oltre:  One more try at a crag, lunch in Alassio, and then late check out thanks to the generosity of the Limonaia people.  It was a plan with a lot of moving parts, but we were highly motivated.  We got up early, fed the kids, caffinated (TWO espressi) and were on the road in short order.  Then it started raining.  On the trail we then ran into two hunters.  Not a wonderful start, but I was happy when I saw the cliff.  Longer routes! Red limestone!  Huzzah!  And not sandbagged:  Double Huzzah!

Warm up on Reunion: 6a.  Then St Denise (6c ) -- fun!  and Chez Celine (7a) and Merci Laurent (7a).  All very enjoyable.  Definitely my favorite of the crags, and it gave me hope that Oltre was not all short slippery sandbags.  It was raining for the last three climbs, but they were overhung enough to not get wet.  Two older gents arrived later on and were lamenting the cold and rain "Freddo!  Fredissimo!".  They gave candies to the kids (and me).  Next, back to the apartment for a quick change,

and off to Alassio to our favorite restaurant.  

And an uneventful trip back home

No wait at Frejus.  Three days later there was a six hour wait.  Yikes.