Well hello everyone, and you know who you are!? Today we ventured out to two villages both being near a lake. They were very busy with all sorts of German tourists. The Tagernsee and the Schliersee (see being lake) The sun did not make an appearance, and we had a few showers but we had our trusty L L Bean raincoats that we have had for 25 years. They are still amazing. The images today were in these villages and we hope you might enjoy them. all for now Lowell... read more

To start this out I would say "it was not the best day of our adventure" This morning we packed the car, with all our stuff including our food for the upcoming week and headed SW to Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany. The sight of the 1935 winter olympics. Raining steadly. Traffic LOTS. Small narrow winding roads. Not a fun ride. Since we have a 6 speed manual transmission it would mean a great number of shifts while the gps tries to lure my attention all the time. So, we arrive at our destination. No one answers at the apartment. We finally find someone in a lower part of the building. Lo and behold it's our host. Who apologetically tells us she has given our accommodations away. She tries to show us another property that we could have in ... read more

Here's an update Today we went across the border from Germany to Austria. About a 1.5 hour trip over the mountains. Weather was very delightful. Sunny and about 75. My 2ND fuel fill up with diesel for the new Peugoet was 51 mpg Glad of that as fuel is approx $5 a gallon. Tomorrow we hope to go to Berchtesgaden There is some history there from WW II plus it is a beautiful region sticking down into Austria. till later Lowell... read more

Hello from Germany Fine weather today for a journey into the Black Forest. We did see a lot of Dutch folk in the camping grounds. They seem to like to camp in tents and small travel trailers. Tomorrow we leave for Southern Barvaria to see some old friends who visited us in Colorado. Weather is nice about 75 and a little humid. Our trip tomorrow is about 4.5 hours depending on traffic. Most of Europe takes their holiday in Aug. We will be traveling tomorrow so probably won't have a blog always Lowell... read more

Yes, the last blog. It would be nice to know how many of my subscribers have hung on these last two months. I guess I'll never know. Anyway all things come to an end. I sold my Porsche Sharon, so I don't Know what I'll do now. Maybe an old white Rav4 will have to do. Hope you have enjoyed being with us in photos. Been my pleasure bringing this blog too you. I'm always Lowell... read more