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July 16 evening
We didn't have a room for tonight so we
loaded the car quickly to drive to Saint Lary and start looking. It was a
small town and I was afraid we could end up in the car tonight. We drove way
too close to Saint Lary and found all hotels 'complete', so we headed away
from town and crossed our fingers. We stopped at a small but very cute
(Angie) hotel. I waited outside because I wasn't expecting a room. Angie
came running out with a big smile. The hotel had recently been purchased by
a couple from Ireland. The owner said they had been booked for a year on
this night, but someone had called 30 minutes earlier and cancelled and the
hotel only had 5 rooms. If we had stopped when we drove by the first time,
we wouldn't have gotten a room. Must have had some luck left over from
Angie's four-leaf clover.
We tossed our bag in the room and came
right back down to the restaurant for dinner and a beer. The bartendar was
also Irish and when we sat down he announced there were only English in the
bar tonight, so "No speaking French!" We had a great dinner. The waitress
was a big Lance fan so we brought in a couple of our yellow Lance Fans that
we've been passing out. She told us her story about meeting Lance and was so
excited that he was riding well again this year.
 
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