Ornans to Mouthier-Haut-Pierre – 14km

We left Ornans late in the morning after visiting the Gustave Courbet museum.  Courbet, who was born in Ornans in 1819, is celebrated all over town and this small but well curated and managed museum is a testament to the town’s pride in its favorite son. Courbet’s  major work is landscapes and portraits but he is best known for his somewhat mystical “Origin of the World” that was not exhibited publicly until 1995.  We left the museum rejuvenated, art as nutrition.  The walk to Mouthier-Haut-Pierre took us up the River Loue deep in a canyon with 1200 ft limestone walls on either side.  The area is wild and remote though the little villages that dot the canyon have the requisite Meirie, Church with steeple and monument to the fallen. Tomorrow, we climb the east side of the canyon, last picture below.