Day 3 came to a close with a solid 40 miles in the afternoon and into the night as we finally got away from the scenic hills and got down into the plains. At about 6 pm we realized we didn't have much for food left in our packs and we wouldn't be able to find anything to eat that night or the next morning unless we hauled the additional miles to a campground. The campground was near a town large enough to have a little grocery store enabling us to purchase breakfast. It was also somewhat out of our way. We arrived after 10 pm to a very wet with dew camp.

Champagne

After a night in the Hostel we went south from Reims along the "Route Touristique de Champangne" At the base of Les Montagnes de Reims were perched a serious of quaint towns and acres and acres of beautiful orchards and vineyards. Grapes were fun to eat as well.

Here we stopped for a drink of water next to a WWII bunker. These bunkers are real common in the northern part of france. In this picture, if you click to enlarge, you can see my handywork. I went to the hardware store in preparation for the trip and rigged up that 1.5 liter water bottle holder as well as the brackets holding the lock and the hook on the handle bars holding the day bag.