Greetings from Sheer, Germany. On the left is the town castle and obviously on the right is one of the town fathers turned into stone by sunlight as the story goes. Well maybe I have the story mixed up.
I decided not to ride today, the weather forcast was for 100% heavy rain and wind. I also thought this would be a good day to do some needed bicycle maintenance and catch up on some communication. The really bad weather has not fully materialized as of 3:00 pm. I did ride about 15 km to check my bicycle after adjustments. It went perfect. It is amazing the difference with and without the fully loaded bags. Duh! I can pedal up most hills without the bags. With them I have to walk up most hills, especially late in the day. This has been a good and relaxed day. I will probably take a day from riding each Sunday. God may have been right about a day of rest each week.
During the day I went to the Roman Museum and visited the exhibits about life in the Donau Valley during Roman times. This was from about 60 AD to about 300 AD when this area was under Roman rule. It is hard not to ride through some of the valley and feel the presence of 4000 plus years of habiltation by humans. You almost expect to see Russell Crowe fighting Germania for Rome.
I later went for a walk through Scheer. I visited the church high on the hill. It was very pretty. It was built in 1892. I lit candles for Johnnie Kaye, Eddie and others. I stayed to pray for a while until evening services were about to begin.I took many pictues again. Everything has been clean and pretty. Today's beers: Zwiefalter Klosterbrau Export and my favorite Zwiefalter Klosterbrau Krystalwiesen. Both with excellent color, aroma, and taste. The Krystal was just a little better. Tomorrow back on the road again.
Unkle Hummel,
ReplyDeleteWe are glad you took a day of rest. It should help with your "tired legs." Also, you might think about what Marti did when she had ordered more stuff than you, I and James could carry. She stopped at the Gelb (Yellow) shop known as KLH and shipped it home. Maybe you have some stuff you don't really need now, eh? 1892 was a great year best known for the first football game in the deep South between Auburn and Georgia. As you may recall, as I believe you may have been in attendance since I heard from someone that you are "as old as the hills." Of course, Auburn won that game 10 to 7 and the Golden Eagle known as War Eagle flew over that game inspiring the chant known the world over, War Eagle! War Ealge! It would be appropriate to have another Krystal in memory of that game. Auf Wiedersehen! Jack und Lydia