I went for an escapade over the weekeend of 7 July to the Chateau of Joux in the Jura Mountains on the North East of France and later to the cascades of the Doubs River, its sources from the Jura mountains, itself being form from the limestone basins of the Jura gorges. After lunch in a typical franc-comtoise auberge (or guest house), we were ferried along the 3.7 km river basin flanked on one site the department of Morteau on the Franche-Comté in France and Villiers-le-lac on the Swiss side. Arriving at the end of the basin lake, we embarked and trekked uphill before descending to the mouth of the cascades - 27 metres and perhaps one of the most spectacular cascades of France (not sure if it's the highest, as someone told me so...).
The rather simple and rustic decor of the guesthouse...
Entree was a salad of tuna, eggs and tomatoes...I suppose this is NOT very traditional, being in the mountains...
Braised turkey with gratin of potatoes...
Choice of Comté and Morbier cheese from the région.
A lemon curd tart looking lika a pizza.
View outside the auberge.
The ferry that greeted us.
Calm at the beginning of the journey.
A heron fishing.
At the center of the chasm dividing the two mountains is a huge swiss flag dangled on steel cables (not very visible).
The entrance into the gorges...
Clearly the other side of the river is Switzerland...
Deepest part of the basin exceeds 40M in depth...
A cave...this has a bear statue guarding its entrance...
A stone sphinx-like creation of nature...
Arriving at the end of the basin...
Souvenir shops...
Wild strawberries along the path...
The cascades from the Northern vantage point...
From atop its mouth...
Mossy banks beside the cascades...
This small path is just a few meters from Switzerland (and cross we all did...).
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