Today we picked up Derek's cousin Erik from the airport to stay with us a few days during his epic solo travel. After a few French welcome goodies, we decided to hike up to le Reculet. Since we are racing on Saturday, today seemed like the best option to squeeze in a hike together. We were caught in one of the pop-up thunderstorms we've been having this month, but Erik was the only one who really needed to touch the metal cross at the summit.
After our hike, we took a tour the CMS detector site: from 1718M atop the Jura down to the cavern 100M underground. Top that off with dinner on the Auberge patio, and it's a pretty full first day in the Pays de Gex.
