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url: 'https://dri.es/photos/archive/2025/09'
title: 'Photos from September 2025'
author:
  name: 'Dries Buytaert'
  url: 'https://dri.es/about'
date: '2026-07-24T01:39:35+00:00'
license: 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'
type: photo-stream
count: 12
---

# Photos from September 2025

![Small Cessna plane in a hangar with its door open, while a person in a safety vest loads backpacks into the cabin, preparing for departure.](https://dri.es/files/cache/la-tournette-2025/cessna-hangar-640w.jpg)
*Loading our packs into the plane before departure.*

![Two people sit in a Cessna cockpit, watching navigation screens and gauges.](https://dri.es/files/cache/la-tournette-2025/cessna-cockpit-640w.jpg)
*In the cockpit of Ben's Cessna en route to Annecy.*

![A paraglider glides high above Lake Annecy, the blue water curving between green hills with small towns scattered along the shore below.](https://dri.es/files/cache/la-tournette-2025/paraglider-over-lake-annecy-640w.jpg)
*Paragliders circling above Lake Annecy.*

![A hiker with a backpack adds a small rock to a stacked cairn on a rocky ledge.](https://dri.es/files/cache/la-tournette-2025/stacking-stones-640w.jpg)
*We paused to add a stone to a cairn along the trail.*

![View from the trail near La Tournette: mountain ridges and forested slopes, with a small chalet in a grassy clearing below.](https://dri.es/files/cache/la-tournette-2025/views-from-the-trail-640w.jpg)
*The view on our way up to La Tournette, just past Chalet de l'Aulp.*

![A green pyramid tent stands on a grassy meadow below a steep rocky mountainside, with camping gear scattered nearby.](https://dri.es/files/cache/la-tournette-2025/tent-in-the-meadows-640w.jpg)
*Our tent pitched in the high meadows near the old Refuge de la Tournette.*

![From inside a tent, an ibex with large horns stands a few meters away in the grass, looking toward the campers.](https://dri.es/files/cache/la-tournette-2025/ibex-at-dawn-640w.jpg)
*When we opened the tent in the morning, a bouquetin \(ibex\) was standing right outside, watching us.*

![A narrow hiking trail runs along a grassy ridge toward rocky peaks, then drops into the forest.](https://dri.es/files/cache/la-tournette-2025/ridge-to-refuge-640w.jpg)
*The ridge from La Tournette toward Refuge de Praz D'zeures. If you look closely, the trail winds all the way into the woods.*

![Wooden refuge kitchen with old moka pots and worn pans hanging on the wall.](https://dri.es/files/cache/la-tournette-2025/refuge-kitchen-640w.jpg)
*The rustic kitchen at Refuge de Praz D'zeures. I loved the moka pots and pans in the background.*

![A person rinses muddy rain pants under a tap at a stone fountain.](https://dri.es/files/cache/la-tournette-2025/washing-gear-640w.jpg)
*Axl rinsing the mud off his rain pants at a fountain in Montmin.*

![Person stands on a wooden dock at Lake Annecy, facing the water at dusk, with mountains in the background.](https://dri.es/files/cache/la-tournette-2025/dock-lake-annecy-2-640w.jpg)
*Axl standing on a dock at Lake Annecy.*

![A laptop open on a small table inside a van, showing code on the screen, with a bowl of cereal and a mug of coffee beside it.](https://dri.es/files/cache/miscellaneous-2025/vibe-coding-van-640w.jpg)
*Living the dream: vibe coding from the van over breakfast.*