Homeward Bouind

Jean:

We were not sure what to do today but as the morning passed by and the fog lifted, we decided to take a route that Karen Brown talked about in her GERMANY tour book. 

The Isar River is almost dry at this time of year

It had always sounded interesting to me, so we started out about 10:00.  The fog was still here but it had lifted enough that it was a pretty pleasant site seeing ride.  We paid our $3.00 Euro toll with small change hoping to get rid of it before we head home.

It flows into a reservoir for power generation

The little man at the gate didn’t seem impressed with that small change, counted it twice (I had counted it at least 3 times to be sure I had it right), then when he handed me the ticket he mumbled something in German and gave me a very strange look–a

Marks on the bridge supports show spring levels

pervoked look I would say.  "Oh well, it’s your country’s money!!!"  It did look like he had been up all night.   This toll road is the same one we went to Eng Alm , except that at Vordereiss we did not turn towards Eng but went straight instead.  That took us through the little villages of Bayischzell, Schliersee, Neuhaus, Hausham, Tegernsee, Bad Wiessee, Gmund, etc.

The bridge spans the reservoir

We actually did a loop from Vordereiss around the Tegernsee and over the Achenpass.  It was a pleasant drive and we had not ventured too far from this area, so that was a change.

As we walked across the bridge, the fog was lifting

Back to the apartment around 2:00 to start taking bikes apart and putting them in the hockey bags in preparation for the Munich airport tomorrow.  That process took about 2 hours and it was time to be finished as the sun was going down and then it gets cold!!

The dam at the north end for power generation

Packed up a few things and got organized for the trip to Munich tomorrow.

The final task - packing up the bikes for home

Hope we have a pillow to sleep on tomorrow night near the Munich Airport.  Called tonight to confirm the reservation  at the Best Western Munich and they had no record - funny thing - they sent me a Booking number months ago.  Still waiting after I just re-sent the original e-mail as proof.