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[consularrider]

As I got to the lake I started to encounter lots of hikers, but I didn’t take their pictures.

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]10017[/ATTACH] After coming down from the Zugspitze zweiseilumlaubahn rode next to the cog railway
[ATTACH=CONFIG]10018[/ATTACH] I was bad and ate lunch at McD’s, but could look out at this doner place across the road.

[consularrider]

The century ride day. I had to adjust my planned route because I encountered a “no bike” sign on route 179 at Reutte, Austria as I was trying to get to Fussen and the castles. I didn’t have map, so could check for alternatives and just defaulted to where my route would have come back from Fussen.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]10020[/ATTACH] My rented Cervelo S5, I was no faster on it than on my Salsa Pistola, as they say, it’s the engine not the bike
[ATTACH=CONFIG]10021[/ATTACH] This is the only indication I was crossing the German/Austrian border
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[BMXer]

MTB race, on the mountain in the southeast Europe:

I was part of it.. very enjoyable time!

[consularrider]

From Ruette I headed up to Plansee and then up to Oberammergau.

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[consularrider]

Stopped for a snack in Oberammergau

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[consularrider]

After passing back through Garmisch I headed to Krun, Wallgau, and Mittenwald before heading back to drop the bike.

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[consularrider]

I planned an easy recovery day today playing on gravel, but ran into another “no bikes” sign so back to the cycle path to Klais.

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[KLizotte]

Wow, what a beautiful area. I love the mountains!

[Starduster]

@consularrider 127401 wrote:

As I got to the lake I started to encounter lots of hikers, but I didn’t take their pictures.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]10019[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]10016[/ATTACH] Eibsee
[ATTACH=CONFIG]10017[/ATTACH] After coming down from the Zugspitze zweiseilumlaubahn rode next to the cog railway
[ATTACH=CONFIG]10018[/ATTACH] I was bad and ate lunch at McD’s, but could look out at this doner place across the roa.

Eibsee under the Zugspitze. OMG… I was there, as a child, many decades ago. [ATTACH=CONFIG]10042[/ATTACH] Eibsee, circa 1961. A painting my Father commissioned…

[Vicegrip]

@consularrider 127427 wrote:

Stopped for a snack in Oberammergau

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I was in this area in the 1970s. What a wonderful and interesting area. Was in a “where would you like to go back and ride” conversation recently and this area came up. Thanks for posting!

[bobco85]

Just in time before I leave for Hawaii for 2 weeks, I finished the video for my ride around Alexandria to see some of the beautiful autumnal scenery. I hit up most if not all of the Alexandria trails and visited many of the neighborhoods on the ride.

Enjoy!

[consularrider]

@Vicegrip 127457 wrote:

I was in this area in the 1970s. What a wonderful and interesting area. Was in a “where would you like to go back and ride” conversation recently and this area came up. Thanks for posting!

Bavaria is definitely on my list of “I’ll ride here again.” Come on Frankfurt!

[Subby]

Had a fun ride this past weekend with dcv, bilsko, jan, paula, rocco, stacey and jeff. Climbs were hard but they led to some incredible long, winding descents. Here’s one (looks best at 720p HD):

[vvill]

@Subby 127588 wrote:

Had a fun ride this past weekend with dcv, bilsko, jan, paula, rocco, stacey and jeff. Climbs were hard but they led to some incredible long, winding descents. Here’s one (looks best at 720p HD):

Nice! I remember this one being pretty fun (maybe it’s the same one, don’t remember exactly):
https://www.strava.com/segments/6478880

[PotomacCyclist]

I rode bikeshare over to last night’s outdoor concert at the African American History and Culture Museum, the new Smithsonian museum next to the American History Museum and near the Washington Monument. If you’ve ridden along 15th St. on the National Mall, you’ve seen it. The exterior appears to be finished but the museum is not open yet. The concert and video presentation (displayed on the exterior walls of the building) were intended to kick off a countdown for the opening of the museum in Fall 2016.

Actor Erik Todd Dellums was the host. Performers included gospel singer BeBe Winans, the Soulful Symphony and the Heritage Signature Chorale. There were also readings of famous speeches from American history related to the African American experience. Local political leaders also spoke, but I missed the first part of the program.

They showed the seven-minute video again, after the concert concluded. The video will air again tonight on a continuous loop from 5:30 to 9:00 pm, and also on Wednesday from 5:30 to 9:00 pm. If you’re riding past the Museum during those hours, you can’t miss it.

There was a decent-sized crowd for a Monday evening. Invited guests were seated in front of the stage. Others watched from the small hill on the other side of Madison Drive from the museum.

I thought it was a cool ceremony. (Of course, I know some/many people, not necessarily those here, get enraged by this sort of thing, but what can you do. Unrelenting expressions of racial hatred, racial supremacy and even calls for violence against all members of certain racial groups, on social media from a certain individual is why I quit one of the local triathlon clubs. Large groups have all types of people but if someone like that is running some of the programs, then I’m out of there. I’m not African American myself but I am not going to associate with someone like that. Most people in the group are not like that, but no matter. I don’t need that in my life when triathlon is supposed to be a fun hobby.) The Museum will supposedly explore different elements of the African American experience, good and bad, uplifting and controversial. I don’t know exactly what they will include because it hasn’t opened yet. I do know that they moved a large locomotive onto the site, then built the museum around it. There should be many other notable items as well as live cultural events like lectures and music performances after the museum opens.

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