Now today was more like a bike ride!! We wheeled our way through numerous vinyards, villages and so much more. The highlight of the day was the UNESCO world heritage site of Pont du Garde -- Roman aqueduct built 40-60 AD and still stands today. Absolutely jaw dropping site to see. The Romans built it to carry water to Nimes over the Gardon River. It's original length was 1180'. Today is 902'. The height is 160'. Original number of spans of the upper level was 47, today is 35, middle are 11, lower 6. Made if Shelly limestone. There is only 56' of change in elevation of the entire aqueduct from the source of the water to its destination in Nimes. A gradient of only 1 in 3000, an example of the great precision of those Roman engineers. Quite amazing!
Have a look see at some of today's adventure.
The Minnesota 5 plus 1
Assessing the demographics of this tour --- 1 Canadian, 1 Kansan, 5 Minnesotans, and ... 15 Australians..... Getting lots of good Intel on possible future trips to Australia. Yeah!
4 more days of biking, so stay tuned to this blog!
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