19 August '05, Friday.
We've stayed in Lourdes but found a new campground. This one is much smaller and further outside of town. Unfortunately, it is a long walk into town and the grotto. I am still fighting the stalling problem with "Bumble Bee", so I took the carburetor apart again just to see if I had missed something. i did find a "jet' that I hadn't found befoe and that has helped a little ...still isn't perfect, but close... WE tried to find a garage again, but they are still telling us they don't have time to look for us... They would however change our oil and filter and sell us $380.00 in tires... Oh well, it will all work out. I don't know if I mentioned it or not, but Lourdes is located right in the foot hills of the Pyrenees Mountains. The Pyrenees seem to be a little smaller than the Cascades, but I know that they are much deeper and divide France from Spain. Lourdes is a year around area for the pilgrimage and they have about 5 million visitors a year to this area. I did't mention earlier that at the base of the Basilica is a spring that was found just after the first vision of the Virgin. This spring is still running forth and has had many ""healings" of the "faithful" and the ill. Inside the Basilica of the Rosary, we saw some of the most incredible mosaics of the Virgin and other saints. There is no doubt, this Basilica made a stunning impression on me, and others around me. Candles...they are sold at vending machines all around the grotto, sold in every store, campground, and...amazing.. I must say, this was an amazing experience
We've stayed in Lourdes but found a new campground. This one is much smaller and further outside of town. Unfortunately, it is a long walk into town and the grotto. I am still fighting the stalling problem with "Bumble Bee", so I took the carburetor apart again just to see if I had missed something. i did find a "jet' that I hadn't found befoe and that has helped a little ...still isn't perfect, but close... WE tried to find a garage again, but they are still telling us they don't have time to look for us... They would however change our oil and filter and sell us $380.00 in tires... Oh well, it will all work out. I don't know if I mentioned it or not, but Lourdes is located right in the foot hills of the Pyrenees Mountains. The Pyrenees seem to be a little smaller than the Cascades, but I know that they are much deeper and divide France from Spain. Lourdes is a year around area for the pilgrimage and they have about 5 million visitors a year to this area. I did't mention earlier that at the base of the Basilica is a spring that was found just after the first vision of the Virgin. This spring is still running forth and has had many ""healings" of the "faithful" and the ill. Inside the Basilica of the Rosary, we saw some of the most incredible mosaics of the Virgin and other saints. There is no doubt, this Basilica made a stunning impression on me, and others around me. Candles...they are sold at vending machines all around the grotto, sold in every store, campground, and...amazing.. I must say, this was an amazing experience