Les eaux bleues et les sables d'or de Travers

Yesterday, Anthénaume and I went on a small geological excursion to les eaux bleues and les sables d'or (blue water and golden sand). In reality, the golden sand is quicksand and the blue water is water redirected by an impermeable solid at the water table.

The town of Travers is situated not far from Beaugency, France. It's a very small, very normal French town.

 

The water is known to be blue here. My camera wasn't picking up on the blue, because there were already so many colors.

The 'golden sand' is really a quicksand that is in constant movement. 

Water from below surfaces and creates this pool of water. 

We drove from Paris to Travers by car, ate our sandwiches next to the Loire and then visited this park. It's a lovely little place to visit. The walking trail was very short, but it was very calm and cool; a nice refreshing stop on an otherwise hot day.