I needed to hit the packaging-free store again, and it was kind of a holiday weekend (Christi Himmelfahrt, or Ascension for those keeping score at home), and there was a window of agreeable weather. (The rest of this weekend has been pretty iffy, weather-wise.) So, after work on Friday, I got on the ol' Drahtesel once again and headed up to Regenstauf to Quantum Satis to refill my own containers of...

It had been a couple weeks, so I guess I’m not all that surprised that I bailed about a quarter of the way through and chopped the route in half. Nothing hurt particularly — I could just tell I wasn’t feeling it would regret not crossing the Danube at Donaustauf when I had the chance. Snaps Video Recaps Route You might need to tap or click the map to make it bigger....

It’s been two weeks since I took a Sunday ride, so I was happy the route I chose was very flat. I rode over to a buddy’s house in Neutraubling, met him there, and then we followed the Danube back towards Mariaort. At least we’d planned to: the bike/walking path along the north back is still all torn up — probably for the same reason as it was on March 21st....

W00T! First time venturing this far west on the ol' Drahtesel. Whether that’s kosher at the moment is another story. I neglected to think about that while planning this route. I am looking forward to taking little trips on the train and then biking back home. That should open up places like Parsberg and Beratzhausen and Landshut and Straubing. But it requires good behavior on the part of all my fellow residents, such that the pandemic restrictions can ease up, and … Schaumermal....

Happy Easter! It’s been an ecumenical year since I started doing this. Time flies even when you’ve got nowhere (on the larger scale) to go. I went back to the region where I slid down a mountain on my butt, but this time I was very careful about the elevation over horizontal distance. I learned from that mistake, for sure. It was not even 45 kilometers, but more of those were uphill than I am ready for, so I am moving slowly around the house for the rest of today....