the (new) endomobile

[endo]

My youngest (14 yo) and me drove down two days (1400 km) to Southern France. We are standing on the river banks of the Ardèche, a region where I‘ve been regularly since the 70s. The next 10 days will just be relaxing, hiking, swimming, SUPing (although there‘s no ‚standing-up‘ for me so far. And good food and wine, of course.

[Tago Mago]

@endo fantastic, enjoy!

[steelworker]

@endo I like the tee
Oh shit that was last week. The Neurotox tee
And its been good watching youse working on the van!

[dinobarnesberlin]

You are doing things right !

[endo]

@steelworker said in the (new) endomobile:

the Neurotox tee

thanks, man @steelworker the band is crap, but I also like the tee

[endo]

@dinobarnesberlin said in the (new) endomobile:

You are doing things right !

I‘m trying @dinobarnesberlin ️

[dinobarnesberlin]

@endo Great location there--easy to see why you keep coming back since the 70's !

[endo]

Today my son and I did a cayak tour down the Ardèche canyon. My parents did this with up to 50 teenagers for 16 consecutive years in the 80s and 90s. It was part of 3 week youth trip with bicycles through Southern France organized from the parish where my father was a pastor. They used to hike up the canyon in 3 days and cayaked it down in two.

We did the 24 km today at once. We started early so we had it cool and the canyon almost for ourselves. I have done this many times before, but again it was very impressive.

It put me in a bit of a melancholic mood, as it was the first time since both of my parents passed away within the last few years. But it also reminded me how grateful I am that they gave me this ‚traveling gene‘ that I‘m trying to pass on to my children now.

Anyway, it was a wonderful day.

(these pics were taken by professional fotographers that sit by the rapids, bought online later)

(This pic I‘ve previously taken from a viewpoint above the canyon. At this point it‘s approximately 400m deep.)

[Daniel San]

fantastic @endo
looks like an awesome father son trip

[jordanscollected]

Stunning Photos. Looks like an amazing trip.

You live right @endo

[EdH]

Great pictures @endo

So what you're saying is that IH need to do a pair of swimmers for your next trip?

[dinobarnesberlin]

Fantastic you two are doing this @endo

[endo]

thanks guys

[Tago Mago]

@endo love it. What a beautiful experience to share with your son

[endo]

Camp Endo has moved. We‘re now app. 2 hrs upstream in the mountains where it‘s a little bit less crowded and hot.

Passed ‚le pont du diable‘ on our way and went swimming and cliff-jumping, with a few hundred others. Incredible what testosterone does to some of the young blokes (hight of the bridge is supposed to be 17 meters).

Just behind starts a beautiful canyon that we swam up.

This is our new camp for the next two days.

[EdH]

Amazing.

Unsure if I'd jump off that bridge though... I'd have to see it in person.

[DeeDee85]

Beautiful @endo

[endo]

Today we did a hike in the surrounding mountains. Not always easy to get the teenager moving, but he did well and we managed to have a good time. And afterwards we had meatballs and Orangina, that satisfies every soul.

[endo]

We‘re on our way back North. Passing through Burgundy we took the chance to visit the Communauté de Taizé, where we had dinner with hundreds of young people and visited the evening prayer. If you‘re interested, listen to their music.

[Aetas]

Wonderful tour @endo , thanks for sharing!
Visited Taizé once and found it very contemplative.