July 29, 2007
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We went to get my bike and stopped at the blumen feld so I could take pictures. I was going to ride my bike down and take them but it rained today and the wind was blowing like a gale. not really great bicycle weather. I got the pictures before it got to bad and in between squalls.
Then we decided to take a drive thru some of the vinyards. We live right smack in the middle of the Riesling hohenweg. (upper riesling way) There must be 50, 000 acres of grapes up and down these hills along the Rhine.
You have no idea how steep some of the hills are until your standing at the top looking down. They have these really narrow tractors with seriously low gears and they go chugging up those hills like it’s nothing.
We drove around the vinyards for about 2 hours and never doubled back and never ran out of more grapes ahead.
In the picture of the river you can see the road that we drive to get to the post.
Much prettier than Lampertheim and Mannheim. I suppose you have to have industry but I don’t have to live by it since i’m not working at a factory. I prefer not to taste the air I breathe.
I’ll take a picture of the new bike on the next clear day, if Bear is home I’ll have him take a pic of me, so your forwarned.
Comments (4)
Could that be more beautiful? I think not. Sigh … you wouldn’t believe how obsessed I am with getting out of Los Angeles right now. My mom and I researched Castle Rock, CO the other night… her idea, not mine.
In a couple years, who knows?
I’m glad you had a nice day, and I’m looking forward to the bike pic!
A picture of you? Egad! I’m glad you warned me!
Holy cow…so beautiful. It would be hard to get sick of a view like that.
Great pics. Love the one of the river. Pretty village.