22 June 2007

Biberach, Germany to Lindau, Germany

It was time to hit the road again and Joerg said he would escort us 25 km's down to Bad Waldsee if we met him in the town square at 9:15 when he was done with work. How lucky are we to have an English teacher as a host! So we had to keep that date. The sky didn't look all that pleasant as we set off for town and just as promised Joerg showed up. As we headed out the rain came down. It was light at first and then heavy enough to force us into our rain jackets. If it had been just the two of us, we probably would have waited it out. Joerg led us to Bad Waldsee without missing a turn. We said goodbye for now and told him we would call him and let him know where we were tonight so he could pick us up tomorrow for a hike in the mountains. What a great host!
Now we were on our own to find our way to Lake Konstanze {Bodensee}. The rain had let up, but as we approached the town of Vogt it began again and we rode 5 km's in some moderate rain before ducking under the cover of a gas station as a downpour hit. We were rather chilled and wet, so when the rain eased up we rode into town for some soup at a restaurant. That warmed us up a bit and as we proceeded on our way things dried up but there was always the threat of a shower. Through a combination of regional bike routes we finally made it to Lindau on the lake. After puttering around town a bit we headed off to the campground as another shower hit. We were only about 2 km's away but we took cover to keep all of our gear dry. Twenty minutes later we were set up in camp. This campground is about a 1/4 mile from Austria so we crossed the border to finally send the trip updates and take care of other phone business because using a payphone to call to the U.S. is for some reason very e!
xpensive in Germany even using prepaid cards. We even put Marie's friend, Patty, to work trying to find us something reasonable and if she couldn't find something then it can't be found.

Kms 88.76
Time 5:38:49
Avg 15.7
Max 46.1
Total 2215.3