20 July ’05, Wednesday.
We spent 4 nights in Tubingen and it was well worth the time. We really only walked in to town twice. I know there was a lot we didn’t see, but every once in a while all you really want to do is just “pass’… This morning we put everything in “Bumble Bee” and headed out. Our destination was Baden Baden, which was about a 3 hour ride, with lunch and a stop for groceries included. Fact is, we by-passed Baden Baden and headed up the road to the campground which is about 5 miles further down the highway. Baden Baden is known for it’s “Curative Baths” and has the same type of ambiance that you might find in Palm Springs. The books say that there are more multi-millionaires in Baden Baden per square mile than there is in Palm Springs…isn’t that nice ??? Anyway, we pulled into this campground about 3. We weren’t aware that it was situated on a lake, and it looks like a very nice one at that. As I sit here in the van, it looks like I may have pulled right onto the grass at Green Lake and found a location to park about 30 feet back from the shore. There are lots of trees situated on the park like grounds, that circle the lake. It is a nice gradual slope down to the water all the way around, and it has either very small gravel or sand beach. Out in the lake are two small islands, with one of them having a waterfall spewing out into the lake, and both are fully covered with trees. About 30 percent of the lake is for swimmers only and then on the other side of the islands you can have boats and windsurfers. We had a “partial cloudy” day to travel, which was nice for that, but when we got here, it would have been nice to have some of that hot sunny weather, we have had. Unfortunately, it is raining right now, so our hope is for it to rain it’s self out tonight and sun for tomorrow. There are no buses or tram to get us into town, so we will have to take “Bumble Bee” in for the day. As long as we can find parking, it will be ok. We have traveled almost due west of where we were in Tubingen, and are at the start of the “Black Forest” of Germany. The Black Forest runs from here south and a little north of Switzerland. We may see some of it, but our thoughts are to head into France pretty soon. Gad, have you had one of those little pesky flies lately ? I just killed one and I’ve got another that is driving me crazy…I’m off to the “kill”…
We spent 4 nights in Tubingen and it was well worth the time. We really only walked in to town twice. I know there was a lot we didn’t see, but every once in a while all you really want to do is just “pass’… This morning we put everything in “Bumble Bee” and headed out. Our destination was Baden Baden, which was about a 3 hour ride, with lunch and a stop for groceries included. Fact is, we by-passed Baden Baden and headed up the road to the campground which is about 5 miles further down the highway. Baden Baden is known for it’s “Curative Baths” and has the same type of ambiance that you might find in Palm Springs. The books say that there are more multi-millionaires in Baden Baden per square mile than there is in Palm Springs…isn’t that nice ??? Anyway, we pulled into this campground about 3. We weren’t aware that it was situated on a lake, and it looks like a very nice one at that. As I sit here in the van, it looks like I may have pulled right onto the grass at Green Lake and found a location to park about 30 feet back from the shore. There are lots of trees situated on the park like grounds, that circle the lake. It is a nice gradual slope down to the water all the way around, and it has either very small gravel or sand beach. Out in the lake are two small islands, with one of them having a waterfall spewing out into the lake, and both are fully covered with trees. About 30 percent of the lake is for swimmers only and then on the other side of the islands you can have boats and windsurfers. We had a “partial cloudy” day to travel, which was nice for that, but when we got here, it would have been nice to have some of that hot sunny weather, we have had. Unfortunately, it is raining right now, so our hope is for it to rain it’s self out tonight and sun for tomorrow. There are no buses or tram to get us into town, so we will have to take “Bumble Bee” in for the day. As long as we can find parking, it will be ok. We have traveled almost due west of where we were in Tubingen, and are at the start of the “Black Forest” of Germany. The Black Forest runs from here south and a little north of Switzerland. We may see some of it, but our thoughts are to head into France pretty soon. Gad, have you had one of those little pesky flies lately ? I just killed one and I’ve got another that is driving me crazy…I’m off to the “kill”…