I'm way behind with the journal. We are nearing the end of our tour and I haven't written up a single ride yet. So let's get started.
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We are eager to get on the road, but first breakfast. Janos had stayed overnight and the three of us had breakfast together before Janos set off for home. The weather is fine, more than fine today, as it gets quite warm in the afternoon. But so much nicer than the rain predicted a couple of days ago.
The ride out of Friedrichshafen takes us through a lot more residantial sprawl than I would have expected and it wasn't until about kilometer 15 that we were in the country. Then we were in the midst of apple orchards, pear orchards and field of hops, and here the climb began.
The major climb of the day started after the first 15 kilometers. Goody, we thought, when we were on the top, we made it. But we had underestimated the constant little dips and rises that were still to come. There isn't much flat terrain in all of Allgäu we soon discovered.
Not a high pass, but nice to have a little sign to show for our effort
Surprise! Janos is following us on Komoot's live tracking and decided to hang around a while and meet us along our route! He was actually a bit worried that it took us so long to get that far, but in our usual fashion Susan and I had been dawdling taking pictures and then had stopped for a morning snack. Janos warned us about the steep little roads he had seen, but we knew that already.
The sun was hot and shaded paths through bits of forest were very welome. Although the weather was great the views to the mountains were hazy, the wonderful Alpine views I had been looking foward to didn't materialize.
St. Gallus and the bear - Legend has it that the monk Gallus commanded the bear to bring fire wood. The bear obeyed and was rewarded with a loaf of bread. Gallus's traveling companion observed this and took it to be a sign of the monk's saintliness.
As usual we got in quite late, around five I think. After a hefty Bavarian meal at our hotel, I was happy to hit the sack after a great day. But too tired for the journal.
