Fournès - Circle to Écluse de Vallabrègues

Today was an attempt to scout out our route for tomorrow…and it was a good thing we did. Google Maps put us on a goat path leading through some nice vineyards. We also found that the crossing of the Rhône at the Écluse de Vallabrègues was closed, though we were told it would be passable tomorrow. Maybe... Otherwise we were on nice roads with one wrong turn onto an unpaved cycling path along D2 and the Rhône.

As D2 had some traffic including large trucks, it is important to know that for almost all of the time we were on it, it had excellent road shoulder. Noisy riding, but otherwise OK.

As a cycling route goes through Aramon, there were a number of riders with panniers;