En-route to Paris: 3 passes, 3 snow/wind storms

Published 19.March; back dated to be in chronological order.

I now know that Spain is not flat. We left nice, sunny, warm Madrid, hoping to stop at San Sebastian for a night or two.

However, after crossing 3 mountain passes (the highest was 1,300 meters, I believe) in three separate snow and wind storms, we were anxious to be anywhere but where it might continue to be cold. Unfortunately, France was probably not the best destination - but we have mom's enroute, so onward we go.

The picture (3rd of the passes, about 840 meters) does not do justice to what we were driving through. There were points of the drive that we thought we were going to need to stop, the wind was blowing so hard.

On a similar theme, at some point, just outside San Sebastian, we caught this road sign... exactly which highway are we on again?

We continued past San Sebastian to Camping Larrouleta - a rather uninspired campground in the off-season. The girls were tired from driving all day and we thought we could go swimming. Only the pool closed at 6 vs. 8 - even though 8 was the posted closing time on the door! I had two very unhappy little ones, who had hurridly put on bathing suits and ran from the RV to the pool in biting wind and rain, only to find out it was closed! The motorhome dump station is at an awkward down-hill angle so emptying tanks was a bit of a challenge. Overall, a good stopping point and friendly enough staff, but not a lot to offer in the off season.

Attempts to find the village on foot the next day were met with disappointment. We moved on.