Sunday, July 24
Munich to Bad Tolz -- 42 miles
Rick & I started our weeklong bike trip late Sunday morning.
Bonnie rode with us the first few miles along the Isar River, as far as
the Tierpark
Hellabrun (the Munich zoo).
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Lynne & Rick in front of Bill & Bonnie's apartment building
on Reitmorstrasse in Munich, ready to roll.
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The Isarradweg (Isar Bikeway) follows the river south.
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The Isarradweg in the Grunwald Forest.
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The gravel on some stretches was rough on our narrow road tires
(25 mm on Lynne's bike, a sport/touring Trek 1220, and 28 mm on Rick's,
a Cannondale touring bike). More than half the week's riding was on gravel,
maybe close to two-thirds, but we had no flat tires the entire trip.
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Kraftwerk Muhltal (Muhltal power plant). There were lots of cyclists
at a biergarten here at the convergence of various bike paths and trails.
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From Ascholding to Bad Tolz we were on a narrow road shoulder.
Most of the traffic was going the other way.
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Approaching Bad Tolz, we studied the map on a roadside kiosk, but
we still somehow ended up on the wrong side of the river. After admiring
the view we had to backtrack a bit.
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Once in town, we easily found Hotel
Toelzer-Hof, checked in, and then rode into the town center without
panniers.
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Bad Tolz -- check out
the Webcam
and the Aktuelle Bilder (Picture Gallery) on the town's site.
Close-up
of the building
in the center
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Marktstrasse in Bad Tolz
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A knight in shining armor
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Kraftwerk Muhltahl
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Back to pavement
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A cobblestone street in Bad Tolz
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A church in Bad Tolz
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Museum building in Bad Tolz
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Marktstrasse in Bad Tolz
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In the evening we walked to an Italian restaurant for an inexpensive
sidewalk dinner, then back down across the river to the Marktstrasse for
coffee and dessert -- a confection called kaiserschmarren (emperor's
muddle), which is something like broken-up raisin pancakes topped with
sweet sauce and powdered sugar. This one came with applesauce, too.
Danke to Aaron and Regine for introducing us to this indulgence
in Munich.
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If you have a flat tire
and the bike shop in Bad Tolz
is closed, don't worry.
A Shlauchomat vending
machine
on the outside of the building
has spare tubes.
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