mac and johanna's bike tripjoh

Sept 13 2014 Sat. We left Dettelbach and rode the Main trail to Volkach passing thru Summerach and Nordheim. They were having a fest in Volkach and we got there just in time for the start. The wine princesses pour buckets of grapes into a press and a big man works the press and makes grape juice. The princesses then pour juice to the gathered throngs. There was the band and traditional dancers. So we sat and watched and had federweissen and some blatz. After an hr or so we rode to Nordheim because J wanted to see the wine fest that was starting there. They a big tent and the local wineries were selling their wares. It was more of a trade show then a normal fest where you go up to a stand and get the wine or beer you want. There wasn't any beer there either. But there was plenty of food. We had a glass of wine from one of the wineries and then rode back to Volkach to continue with their fest. About 1700 we rode to Wipfeld to our reserved room at a pension. Because of all the fests going on findind a room was very hard. J called 6 different hotels in different villages before we found one and it was 11k from the fests. After dinner in Wipfeld we were walking around the village at dark and we saw some bikers talking to our pension owner looking for rooms. That always makes me nervous that we will end up that way some night the way J wants to keep riding.

J riding thru the gate at Summerach

The Rathaus at Summerach with the beautiful flowers.

A raft of people floating down the Main. This section of the Main is bypassed by canal. There's too many sharp bends for the 130 meter boats to pass thru safely. But it's good for rafting. This similar to the party boats on the Isar only these have motors and are pushed back upstream instead of being disassembled and rebuilt back at the starting point.