GR11 - Day 30 - to Refugi de Baiau

A good part of the way was on dirt roads, but we didn't mind. The sky was blue but the breeze was cool. We were clilmbing all day, though nothing too steep. Always walking in the trees is nice for the coolness, but it gets kind of boring because there is no scenery through the trees. It seemed to take forever to reach the Estanys (lake) d'Escorbes. It felt so good to see the Refugi de Baiau that the steep climb to get there was bearable. We made it in 6h15 so that was quite good. The hut reminds me of the Alpine Club hut at Mount Assiniboine, kind of looks like a miniature quanset. It is very basic, but clean, good to sleep 9 persons. We were only 3. I was irritated with Peter (and he with me for nagging) because he insisted on drinking water out of the lake, untreated, even if there were horses grazing on the other side. He never seems to get sick. I am the one who had a queezy stomach just thinking about it... Then, dark clouds rolled in, looking threatening, but they move away. We had such a nice sleep so high up there with such clean air.