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On The Road – way2blue – NORD TIROL

by WaterGirl|  August 18, 20205:00 am| 20 Comments

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We are in Austria this morning!  No hills that are alive with the sound of music, but we have calming nature scenes, and the coolest pig ever.  Sorry, Avalune, you no longer have the market cornered on cool pig photos.  In case anyone is worried, I am not thinking we’ll go with Pig Week once Paris After Dark is over.  ~WaterGirl

edit on Tuesday morning: We are going to pause Paris After Dark for this week because of the convention.  We will resume next week with the original schedule for this week.

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The first photo is for our proprietor, John G Cole. Thought he’d appreciate the crafting of a fence without nails. 

I often visit the Tirol region of Austria in May, when wildflowers are blooming.  The village of Walchsee is situated in an agricultural valley that’s entirely organic.  Mostly small, family-run dairy farms.  Pasture fences are simply electrified tape strung between stakes and attached to car batteries (or not, although I’ve resisted the temptation to test this).  Thus fences are easily shifted to fresh pasture as needed.  The surrounding mountains host numerous, well marked hiking trails, with Alms and Hütte rewarding hikers (and mountain bikers) with beers and stunning views.  Being Austria, you see many older people on the trails, and one glance at their boots, know that hiking is a way of life.

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WALCHSEE, AUSTRIA

NOTHEGG.  Woven stake fence built without nails, along path around the lake, Walchsee.

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WANDBERGHÜTTE, AUSTRIA

VIEW FROM ABOVE.  View of the village nestled in a gap between two ridges, Miesberg and Hausberg (looking southward from Wandberghütte).

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WALCHSEE, AUSTRIA

ALONG PATH AROUND LAKE.  Walking around the small lake, Walchsee, adjacent to the village takes a little over an hour.  There are three campgrounds near the lake; one hosts a multi-day music festival in the Spring.

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WALCHSEE, AUSTRIA

GRAZING DAIRY COWS.  Cows enjoying lush pasture along path to Raineralm.

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WALCHSEE DORF, AUSTRIA

BIOKÄSEREI IM DORF.  The local organic dairy overlooking the village pasture sells cheeses, sausage, muesli, jams & such.  Miesberg rises behind the dairy.

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WALCHSEE DORF, AUSTRIA

KONDITEREI IM DORF.  Mother & child grazing in the village pasture, with the pastry shop in the background.  This pasture hosts festivals as well.  Usually a large tent filled with tables, music, much beer, smoking, singing, with most dressed in traditional clothing.  Often preceded by a foot race, triathlon or re-enactment of a centuries-old battle

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WALCHSEE, AUSTRIA

PIG PEN EN ROUTE TO RAINERALM.  A group of pigs hanging out along Weißenbach stream in a pen filled with cobbles.  (With a request to not lean bicycles on the fence; Bitte keine Fahrräder anlehnen.)

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WALCHSEE, AUSTRIA

CURIOUS PIG.  One of the fellows wondering what’s up…

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  1. 1.

    John Cole

    July 22, 2020 at 11:56 pm

    Did I just miss the wildflowers?

  2. 2.

    mrmoshpotato

    August 18, 2020 at 5:06 am

    That pig looks curious – curiously delicious!

  3. 3.

    eclare

    August 18, 2020 at 5:07 am

    That is some pig!

  4. 4.

    mrmoshpotato

    August 18, 2020 at 5:09 am

    OT – one of my neighbors’ weather stations via wunderground says it’s -40F outside.

  5. 5.

    SFAW

    August 18, 2020 at 5:39 am

    @e.b. clare:

    That is some pig!

    I don’t get it

  6. 6.

    SFAW

    August 18, 2020 at 5:41 am

    @mrmoshpotato:

    OT – one of my neighbors’ weather stations via wunderground says it’s -40F outside.

    See, libtard? I TOLD you “global warming” was a hoax!

     

    ETA: You sure it’s Fahrenheit?

  7. 7.

    Steeplejack

    August 18, 2020 at 5:57 am

    @mrmoshpotato:

    Neighbor where?! This means nothing without context.

  8. 8.

    Doug

    August 18, 2020 at 6:05 am

    @SFAW: ETA: You sure it’s Fahrenheit?

    I C what you did there.

  9. 9.

    Yutsano

    August 18, 2020 at 6:05 am

    Ah Österreich. Maybe when I can finally get to Europe I should just take a whole month off from work to go like everywhere. Bonus if I can get an Irish passport by then too.

  10. 10.

    SFAW

    August 18, 2020 at 6:09 am

    @Doug:

    I C what you did there.

    Likewise.

  11. 11.

    BruceFromOhio

    August 18, 2020 at 6:17 am

    @SFAW: shout out to Charlotte’s Web. Love the ears!

  12. 12.

    waynel140

    August 18, 2020 at 7:07 am

    I came for the flowers, and all I got was a lousy pig.

  13. 13.

    SFAW

    August 18, 2020 at 7:45 am

    @BruceFromOhio:

    shout out to Charlotte’s Web.

    Read my reply again. All of it.

    Then look at the commenter to whom I was replying.

  14. 14.

    WaterGirl

    August 18, 2020 at 9:22 am

    We are going to pause Paris After Dark for this week because of the convention. We will resume next week with the original schedule for this week.

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    BigJimSlade

    August 18, 2020 at 1:05 pm

    @John Cole: You need some wildflowers, John? Just scroll down my flickr page (I don’t update it much, but it’s got flowers)… https://www.flickr.com/photos/149867803@N04/

  16. 16.

    BigJimSlade

    August 18, 2020 at 1:07 pm

    @way2blue: lovely pics! that curious pig is practically a short cow!

  17. 17.

    LongHairedWeirdo

    August 18, 2020 at 1:42 pm

    The pictures are lovely.
    (Pauses.)
    You know, that fence reminds me of the “explosive shuriken” use of popsicle sticks. Fan out three, then weave one over the center, under the two sides, and the other over the two sides, and under the center.

    Now, there’s a wrong way to fan them out – but there’s a right way to do it, and once you’ve got five popsicle sticks in your hand, it’s usually pretty obvious. And they can be fun to throw at inanimate objects, because they’ll usually “explode” – the tension they’re all under makes them hit, lose structure, and fly apart.

    (Yeah, you can buy craft sticks to do this, but c’mon, it’s summer!)

    Seriously: nice pics, I feel a bit badly about feeling the urge to share a childhood toy on top of them :-).

  18. 18.

    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    August 18, 2020 at 4:09 pm

    @SFAW:  See Charlotte’s Web.

  19. 19.

    John Cole

    August 18, 2020 at 6:34 pm

    That fence is amazing and I want that pig.

  20. 20.

    way2blue

    August 23, 2020 at 5:44 pm

    @John Cole: Sorry for the slow reply.  I just returned from a week at Emigrant Lake in the High Sierras.  Culminating yesterday with a 6-hour ride out on horseback.  (Ouch.)

    Wildflowers next time…

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