 From Schaffhausen, we put the bikes on the train to Donaueschingen, the start of the Danube Bicycle Path |
 Donaueschingen Railway Station |
 Gasthaus Zur Linde, Donaueschingen |
 Gasthaus Zur Linde, Donaueschingen |
 Hanselbrunnen, Karlstraße, Donaueschingen |
 Cuckoo Cocks, famous in the Black Forest region of Germany |
 The reason we're here, the source of the Danube, Donaueschingen |
 Starting at the Source of the Danube, we're cycling the Donauradweg to Regensburg |
 Donauquelle - Source of the Danube |
 Donauquelle, sculpture at the Source of the Danube |
 Donauquelle - Source of the Danube to the Black Sea 2840 km |
 Donauquelle - Source of the Danube |
 Fürstenberg Brauerei, Donaueschingen |
 Before we start, a hearty German meal at the Fürstenberg Brauerei, Donaueschingen |
 Fürstenberg Brauerei, Donaueschingen |
 Fürstenberg Brauerei, Donaueschingen |
 Beer coaster at Fürstenberg with the Danube |
 Start of the Donauradweg - Danube Bicycle Path, 2840km from here to the Black Sea |
 On this trip, we're cycling for 6 days from Donaueschingen to Regensburg |
 Loaded up and ready to start cycling the Donauradweg |
 Me and "Scotty" at the Donauquelle, ready to go |
 First stage of the Donauradweg |
 Brigach-und-Breg-Zusammenfluss, confluence of two streams - from here, together, they are called the Danube |
 Danube Confluence just outside of Donaueschingen |
 Irma & Max Egon - Goldenerhochzeit 19 Jun 1939 (Golden Wedding Anniversary) |
 Der Donau-Zusammenfluss - The Danube Confluence |
 Der Donau-Zusammenfluss - The Danube Confluence |
 Donau - the Danube, Pforen |
 Donau - the Danube, Pforen |
 Crossing the Danube at Pfohren - the water level is very high |
 When the Donauradweg isn't directly on the river bank, it usually follows small, peaceful country lanes |
 Crossing the Danube at Gutmadingen |
 Countryside and a wooded hilltop on the north side of the Danube across from Gutmadingen |
 Donauradweg - Deutsche Donau |
 Touching World War I memorial, Geisingen |
 Stadtkirche St. Nikolaus, Geisingen |
 The first challenge...a flooded section of the Donauradweg |
 Donauradweg flooding, not quite up to my knees, passing under the railway bridge 3km east of Geisingen |
 Eisenbahnbrücke & Donauradweg flooding between Kirchen-Hausen and Hintschingen |
 Attention Toads! Krötenwanderung, Hintschingen |
 New covered bridge under construction across the Danube, Zimmern |
 Immendingen-Zimmern Railway Station |
 Landgasthof Kreuz, Donaustraße, Immendingen |
 Covered bridge across the Danube, Immendingen Donaupark |
 Danube from the Covered Bridge at Immendingen |
 Schwarzwaldstraße, Möhringen an der Donau |
 Franco-Prussian War (deutsch-französischen Krieg) 1870-1871, Möhringen |
 Mittlere Gasse, Möhringen an der Donau |
 Donauradweg between Möhringen and Tüttlingen |
 Schneckenburger-Denkmal, 1892, Stadtgarten, Tüttlingen |
 Stadtkirche Tüttlingen |
 Restaurant Engel, Tüttlingen |
 Lunchbreak in Tüttlingen, Restaurant Engel |
 Bildstock - Wayside Shrine, 1999 - Zimmermeister Stetten |
 Bildstock - Wayside Shrine, 1999 - Zimmermeister Stetten |
 Downriver from Tüttlingen, the Donauradweg enters the Buchhalde-Oberes Donautal Nature Preserve |
 Scharfeck am Oberen Tor, 1554, Fridingen an der Donau |
 Scharfeck am Oberen Tor, 1554, Fridingen an der Donau |
 Wall Mural - Das Fräulein von Hallenberg, Scharfeck |
 Scharfeck am Oberen Tor, Fridingen an der Donau |
 Gögginger Bier, Scharfeck, Fridingen |
 Sauerbraten mit Spätzle, Scharfeck, Fridingen an der Donau |
 Sauerbraten mit Spätzle, Scharfeck, Fridingen an der Donau |
 Fridingen an der Donau, Doch Stein bleibt Stein |
 Donauradweg, Oberes Donautal |
 Horse grazing in a green field, Oberes Donautal |
 Ziegelhütte Vesperstube, a good break stop right on the Donauradweg |
 Donauradweg, Buchhalde-Oberes Donautal Nature Preserve |
 Leaves after a rain shower, Buchhalde-Oberes Donautal Nature Preserve |
 Stiegelesfelsen - cliffs in the Upper Danube Valley/Oberes Donautal Nature Preserve |
 Large farmhouse along the Donauradweg with Schloss Bronnen in the distance |
 Donauradweg, Oberes Donautal |
 ...does he think I stop to much to take photos? |
 Herd of cows grazing along the Danube, Oberes Donautal |
 Jägerhaus, a cute B&B along the Donauradweg in the middle of the Upper Danube Valley |
 Donauradweg, Oberes Donautal |
 Benediktiner Erzabtei St. Martin / Kloster Beuron |
 "Old Man" along the Donauradweg, Beuron |
 Cross on a cliff overlooking Kloster Beuron |
 Beuron, Upper Danube Valley |
 Railroad bridge over the Danube around the bend from Beuron |
 Burg Wildenstein, Oberes Donautal |
 Eichfelsen, Irndorf, Oberes Donautal |
 Donauradweg, Oberes Donautal, Burg Wildenstein |
 Hohler Felsen, Oberes Donautal - Upper Danube Valley |
 Foested section of the Danube Bicycle Path, Oberes Donautal |
 Burg Wildenstein on the clifftop, Oberes Donautal |
 Donauradweg, Oberes Donautal |
 Schloss Werenwag, Oberes Donautal |
 Schloss Werenwag, Hausen im Tal, Oberes Donautal |
 Danube River, Oberes Donautal |
 Landgasthof Pension Murmeltier, Hausen im Tal, Donauradweg |
 Schloss Werenwag, Hausen im Tal, Oberes Donautal |
 Sculpture on the Hausen im Tal Danube Bridge |
 Donaubrücke at Hausen im Tal, first constructed by Kloster Salem in 1722 |
 Kirchstraße, Hausem in Tal, Obere Donautal |
 Gasthof Steinhaus, Hausen im Tal, Oberes Donautal |
 Gasthof Steinhaus, Hausen im Tal, Oberes Donautal |
 Gasthof Steinhaus, Hausen im Tal, Oberes Donautal |
 Cycling for Sigmaringen, today's destination |
 Cliffs of the Upper Danube Valley, Neumühle |
 The Danube is still a young river passing through the Oberes Donautal near Neumühle, Baden Württemberg |
 Cliffs of the Upper Danube Valley, Neumühle |
 Neumühle, Oberes Donautal |
 Mill dam on the Danube, Neumühle with the stunning rock formations of the Upper Danube Valley |
 Hofstraße, Donauradweg, Oberes Donautal |
 Keith checking if I'm keeping up or still taking photos... |
 Rabenfelsen, Oberes Donertal - Upper Danube Valley |
 Rabenfelsen, Upper Danube Valley, the most scenic section of the Danube in Baden-Württemberg |
 BSW Wanderhaus Donautal |
 Schloß Gutenstein |
 Tree stump along the Danube carved into a figure |
 Ferienwohnung im Donautal, Burgfeldenstraße, Gutensteiin |
 Mural on the Ferienwohnung im Donautal, Gutenstein |
 Burgfeldenstraße, Gutenstein |
 Mühlenwerg K. Diesch, Dietfurt |
 Burgruine Gutenstein |
 Donauradweg - Forested section of the Danube Bicycle Path |
 St. Peter und Paul Kirche, Laiz |
 Sculpture in Laiz, Oberes Donautal |
 Donauradweg - 101km from Donaueschingen to Sigmaringen |