Corcieux, Vosges, France, May 2018

[knoefz]

Visited the French region Vosges a few weeks back with our VW campervan.
It's beautiful there and people we met were very friendly.
We stayed on a campsite near Corcieux in the middle of the woods.
Here's some pics to let you guys tag along.
Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

General view of the area:

Typical rural architecture found in the area

Spotted some rowdear on one of our walks

Had to be sharp to spot an occasional ruine between the trees
Guinness enjoyed it even more than we did He's got great camouflage between these trees.

The church of Corcieux

Weather was ok, not warm but dry and sometimes sunny

Lunchtime on one of our hikes... baguette and cheese

Prepared with my trusy Spyderco Military

Loads of blossoming (fruit)trees this time of year made it extr beautiful

Encountered many streams in the woods there

 

[knoefz]

Hard to get lost... what color trail were we following again???

Champ de Roches, fiels of rocks, crazy place in the middle of nowhere

Made a great lunch spot to prepare some noodles

Don't think we left any trace

Perparing for a fire with my BK7 back at the campsite

Curly wood makes my heard pound faster

We got smoke! Yay!

Almost time fot coffe now

Sometimes river and road become one

Loads of moss in the woods

 

[knoefz]

I'm sure my Garmin said there's a trail here

This wild spotting tower made me laugh... there was a wood kitchen chair in it to make you comfortable

Nice views

Time for a break... Guinness' staying close

Make sure you visit the local pattisier before you hit the trails
The french sure know what's delicious!

Some ruin at the summit of the hill we 'climbed'

Anyone notice the many pinetrees?

More local wildlife we spotted:

And remains of wildlife

The trip was wonderful and I can recommend the area for walking/hiking.
We had a great time.
Hope you enjoyed the pics.

 

[John A. Larsen]

Nice photos and terrain, thanks for posting them. John

 

[WILLIAM.M]

Thanks for sharing your photos

 

[22-rimfire]

Visited the French region Vosges a few weeks back with our VW campervan.
It's beautiful there and people we met were very friendly.
We stayed on a campsite near Corcieux in the middle of the woods.
Here's some pics to let you guys tag along.
Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

General view of the area: <snip>
Encountered many streams in the woods there

Hard to get lost... what color trail were we following again???
Champ de Roches, fiels of rocks, crazy place in the middle of nowhere

Don't think we left any trace

The woods certainly looks interesting with all the moss and low greenery. I imagine that the boulder field is glacial related.

Looks like you had a great day and thanks for sharing!

 

[knoefz]

The woods certainly looks interesting with all the moss and low greenery. I imagine that the boulder field is glacial related.

Looks like you had a great day and thanks for sharing!

The rocks are remains from glacial 'transport' yes.

 

[mete]

We have one of those "upside down rivers " here in eastern PA in the HAWK Mountain sanctuary .That's one of the best hawk migration areas in the country and has interesting hiking areas.

 

[lambertiana]

Some of the trees definitely look like Norway Spruce (picea abies). What other species of spruce and/or fir did you see?

 

[knoefz]

Some of the trees definitely look like Norway Spruce (picea abies). What other species of spruce and/or fir did you see?

I can't tell the different spruce species apart, sorry.
I do know the were shedding loads and loads of yellow pollen, more then I've ever seen. Clouds of yellow blowing through the air.