Day 52k: With man’s best Friends … (06/05/2019)

I then walked up and into the small town of Le Vernet, where I hung out for awhile at Buvette la Coquille (“The Tavern of the Shell”) with these two wheelchair-riding brothers (who remained completely silent the entire time I was there) and their amazingly affectionate dog … 🙂

“Dogs are a primary link to Paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent or hatred. They forgive wholeheartedly whenever wronged and the love wholeheartedly for no reason at all. Indeed, to sit calmly with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to return to Eden, where caring silently for those nearby was not considered boring — it was peace.” ~ via Milan Kundera