A Loop to the East: Day 1
July 16, 2019
Just a week ago we explored the area to the west of our home. This week we had another two-day tour in mind, but to the east. We left our little Würm Valley and made our way to the larger Isar River which flows from the Alps to the Danube. The waters of the Würm will eventually join the Isar by way of a detour taken to the Amper and also feed the mighty Danube. Travelling overland we will cycle 15 km to the Isar, but we have no intention of following it to the Danube, we are not following rivers today. Our modest goal for the day is Otterfing.
Otterfing is not as obscure as last week's goal, I had heard of it since it is a station on the city train line. The village seemed to be about the right distance for a day's ride and had a guest house, that's all we needed. We didn't expect any sights and there weren't any. The weather was again perfect, our bags were light. We decided we didn't need rain gear - and we were right.
We knew we wouldn't be able to check in before 5 p.m. so we did our best to get a late start. This gave me a lot of time to fiddle around with my GoPro for selfies, and also to test Janos's patience. I have some shots which are more amusing but my vanity won't allow me to post them.
Just a week ago we explored the area to the west of our home. This week we had another two-day tour in mind, but to the east. We left our little Würm Valley and made our way to the larger Isar River which flows from the Alps to the Danube. The waters of the Würm will eventually join the Isar by way of a detour taken to the Amper and also feed the mighty Danube. Travelling overland we will cycle 15 km to the Isar, but we have no intention of following it to the Danube, we are not following rivers today. Our modest goal for the day is Otterfing.
Otterfing is not as obscure as last week's goal, I had heard of it since it is a station on the city train line. The village seemed to be about the right distance for a day's ride and had a guest house, that's all we needed. We didn't expect any sights and there weren't any. The weather was again perfect, our bags were light. We decided we didn't need rain gear - and we were right.
We knew we wouldn't be able to check in before 5 p.m. so we did our best to get a late start. This gave me a lot of time to fiddle around with my GoPro for selfies, and also to test Janos's patience. I have some shots which are more amusing but my vanity won't allow me to post them.

Zooming along on an excellent bicycle path. Sometimes I set the GoPro to take a picture every 20 seconds to document the ride when I don't feel like stopping, particularly when there is nothing notable to take a picture of except the road. Sometimes I set it to just take single photos when I press the button. Not many videos yet.