Seeking sunshine

Today was another gray, rainy day, with the possibility of thunderstorms in the forecast.  After staying inside all morning,  we had cabin fever.  So we headed south to the sea.  This time we took a route we had never driven, down the east side of the Rhone River to Port St. Louis, a town we had never been to.  Things were going well until a detour in the middle of town, so we ended up just driving around, looking for a way to reach the water.

But we found it.  And the clouds parted, bringing us a patch of sunshine.

Port St. Louis is an industrial port, and not particularly charming, especially when you are lost, but finding the water was nice.  And I found some pretty little sea shells at the water's edge.

To make things more interesting on the way home, we took a 5-minute ferry ride across the Rhone to Salin-de-Giraud.

The Rhone, from the ferry

We stopped for café in Le Sambuc, and watched a game of boules in progress.

They bring out the measuring tape to settle which boule is closest

But then at least 2 guys measure the distances

I learned something watching these guys:  If you don't want to bend over to pick up your boules, you can use a strong magnet on a long band to lift the boule from the ground.