Cycling through the Camargue

Yesterday, we rented bicycles in Saintes Maries de la Mer, and headed east along a bike path to a lighthouse 13 kilometers away.  Most of the path was pretty easy to ride, but we did encounter some stretches where sand had drifted across the path, and we had to mostly pull the bicycles through the sand drifts.

The route map, with the green arrow indicating the lighthouse

The lighthouse

An egret

We saw lots of birds, but the most impressive of all were the "pink" flamingos.  They certainly didn't show much pink until they were flying.  Walking, they appeared quite white.  Their color might be related to diet.

The flamingos are in leg-deep water, and are foraging.