Thursday, Sept. 11th

There is light fog as we start out, but it quickly disappears and we have a beautiful sunny day. We are riding between the railroad track and the river. Each day we pass a couple of dams of the river. Apparently the purpose of the dams is for flood control and navigation. The result is a wonderful shoreline with water always up to bank full. As we past through towns and villages I am looking for places to stop for coffee without luck. There are grapes everywhere and I see wineries. But I only saw one winery with a tasting room and it was on the other side of the river. About lunch time I cross the Moselle on a ferry and continue riding on a paved trail on the opposite side. The cost of the ferry ride was less than 15 cents US. Gradually the grape vines disappear on the hillside and are replaced by trees as we get closer to Trier. We arrived in Trier in the late afternoon.