7/29 Chapelle des Bois to Les Rousses

Heavy rain overnight and lingering when we awoke. But it thinned a bit so by the time we walked out after breakfast I could a least take off the rain pants. We walked into town and found lunch supplies at the grocery. Lieven caught up no sign of Nick so we headed out. The route crosses green fields straight at and then up the ridge above town. Switch-backing steeply up sometimes slick rock we were quickly into the fog. Along the ridge through the trees we we came to a viewpoint and magically a few cloud breaks allowed us to see the lakes, village and fields below. The route runs the ridge with border stones reminding us we were in Switzerland on this part. Finally the route turns off the ridge onto the maze of forest roads . We had lunch at a small shelter rustic but with a good stove even curtains. We can't help but reflect how these open structures would be vandalized ruthlessly in our own country. Sad.
The road / occasional trail was easy walking and undulated along without much to mention except for the variety of wild flowers. Tammy had a good time finding new ones and took many photos. We hope to get them posted someday if we could figure a way to link them to the blog- frustrating.
We reached the Rose Chalet where a sign said it was 12km to Les Rousses- no way! It was 3pm and we knew were we're closed then that!! GPS said 2 linear miles and maps similar. So on we went with a quicker pace and we began to encounter day hikers within an hour and signage indicating 2km then 1.5 then 1.7 then 2.1 -- okay we were getting closer! The descent to town was steep and muddy / slick . Aggravating on sore feet. Finally on tarmac, we walked into town where Lieven split off to find lodging. We went off not completely oriented when an older kind gentlemen approached and asked if we knew where we were.? He directed us back to town.
Where we ran back into Lieven who had a map which showed our hotel. We rested together having a cold drink when Nick materialized and we caught up on the day. There is an old fort in town hidden in the trees and Nick had photos. Interesting but not spectacular and we veered off route to our hotel about 3km. It was a nice Logis hotel and from our room we could see the mountain ridges before the lake and Geneva. We had a simple meal before turning in.