We're still in Burgundy. Wine tasting at Domaine Lucien Jacob

Our walk along the Burgundy Canal near Vandenesse-en-Auxois

Tranquil walk along the Burgundy Canal

Looking down the Burgundy Canal as it heads into the tunnel.

The Charolais cows up on the hill trying to stay cool.

Early morning looking at Chateauneuf

Lock house Door.

Lock house 3

At my favorite Lock House the owners turn old tools into art.

Fishing is popular in France.  Camping and fishing together is also popular

The art of stacking wood

We had attended a wine tasting lunch at Abbaye de la Bussiere.  We enjoyed the wines so much that we went to Domaine Lucien Jacob to continue the tasting. We found that one of my favorite wines produced by Domaine Lucien Jacob was aged in Acacia wood.  It was a Chardonnay.  Acacia comes from the forests in Northern France and is sawed rather than split into staves.  It's used by a handful of wineries worldwide.  It p;produced a lovely wine.  We had no idea they produced 29 wines.  We went back to the boat with plenty of wine for our cellar.

Tom tasting at Domaine Lucien Jacob

The wine cellar of Domaine Lucian Jacob

 When you think about it, there are many wine barrels that have outlived their usefulness.  What happens to them?  Jean-Michel Jacob of Domaine Lucien Jacob shows his artistic side by using old barrels to create interesting pieces of art.

A sample of the art of Jean-Michel

Calm before the storm

I can't stop photographing Chateauneuf.

Plum tart made from plums we picked along the canal.

 We finally decided to replace our water heater before we had a fire.  Out with the old, and in with the new.

Tom and Philippe removed the old water heater.

The old water heater was extremely heavy, probably because of the calcium build up from over 25 years.

It's time to pick peaches along the canal.

Our new friends Paul and Catherine joined us for a morning cruise and lunch on board Rabelo.

 Tom and I went for a walk one morning keeping one eye on the sky.  We didn't turn around in time and got caught in a huge storm.  I've discovered that walking in hail isn't fun.  Fortunately I saw an uninhabited lock house with an unlocked door in the back.  We ducked inside to wait out the hail and pouring rain.  We gave up waiting for the storm to end and continued walking back in the rain to the boat.

The damage caused by the storm was immense.  There were fallen trees all along the canal.

 All the villages and towns have war memorials as a reminder of what was lost in WWI and WWII.

A war memorial in Veuvey-sur-Ouche

 We went to a stone quarry in Villars-Fontaine-La Karriere

Part of the art displayed in the Rock Quarry 

There was a large paper mache exhibit all around the quarry.