Can this be Germany

[ninjadad66]

Today is in the mid 50's with an overcast and I decided to follow my own advice and "Make" today a riding day instead of waiting for a day to ride. As I headed out I had this strange feeling but I decided to shake it off and keep rolling.

As I rode, the land started to transform right before my eyes, tree leaves turning gold, browns, and yellow.



Now I know what forces are at work, and I have to track them down before it was to late. Droppings left behind made them easy to track but they were moving at incredible speeds. For a moment I lost the trail, seems like someone doublebacked and cleaned up the droppings, but they left a clue and I managed to pick up the trail leading to a bridge.



The trail continued across the walk way and I had to keep my eyes open because they could jump from nowhere and stomp me into the ground. While I'm at it let me use my mirrors to watch my back since I'm out here alone.
 


Oh man, what is that sound...it's loud and coming right at me..is it the river



No, not the river, a train and the villians are escaping. To late to flag it down I have to follow on my motorcycle.



I followed the train to the valley of trees and quickly found myself surronded



 :crazy:Oh man, the trees are closing in on me.



It's almost to late what do I do



No worries, I'll hide behind these bushes and hope the evil trees don't see me.



Whew!! That was close, with the trees marching on, I ran down the road closing in on the villians that captured summer and released fall I rounded the bend, to see them marching towards Church Castle, onward I ride .



I made it to church castle tired and hungry, but I moved on. I reached the hill top, and by the smell I knew I was close



  :eek:Oh my God..........What is this..



Somehow I've been transported to the Planet of the Apes and they have summer trapped in a shatter proof vase....Can this be Germany


   I'm scared, what will happen next...will summer be released..

[saile]

that is awesome!  

[ninjadad66]

that is awesome!  

Yea, the things I see in Germany..Apes in the ront yard you got to love it.

[Ant]

Have you been skimping on your medication again?
Nice pictures, I really should make the time to go riding in Germany some time.

I'll say it again as well, nice bike... *sigh* Come on Anthony, just another 2 or 3 years then you can have one as well.

[ninjadad66]

Have you been skimping on your medication again?
Nice pictures, I really should make the time to go riding in Germany some time.

I'll say it again as well, nice bike... *sigh* Come on Anthony, just another 2 or 3 years then you can have one as well.

  They stopped making my meds man, until I get something new this is my therapy..

[Mike-H]

& you seem to be enjoying this therapy much more then your meds ....nice pics....so where's the Halloween story? ....

[ninjadad66]

& you seem to be enjoying this therapy much more then your meds ....nice pics....so where's the Halloween story? ....

I can't find anyone to dress up in a witch costume and ride there bike so i can take pictures

But I am working on the conclusion this one, but duty is calling this week and I have to get ready for an inspection.But I hope  the weekend can bring a conclusion to this adventure, weather permitting that is.

[Mike-H]

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[bubba zanetti]

That is funny !! When I first started reading I wondered if you meant Sasquatch (BigFoot) !!  Then the photo of the Gorilla's  

[RBEmerson]

Good one!  BTW, have you ever seen the Narrenverein groups with all of the masks and so on?  Makes the gorillas look tame by comparison.  

[ninjadad66]

Good one!  BTW, have you ever seen the Narrenverein groups with all of the masks and so on?  Makes the gorillas look tame by comparison.  

Do tell, where are they located, maybe I can get some good pictures for another story  

Besides, where have you been RB?

[RBEmerson]

The Narrenverein (Fools Club) is, I think, mostly a southern German thing (Ralf -what do you know about them?) and I don't quite get all of it, even after some explanation.  But it goes back to at least the Dark Ages and involves people dressed as witches (big theme), wood spirits (both good and bad), and some other things I don't quite get.  If you plug "narrenverein" into google.de, you'll find a lot of individual clubs and pictures of the masks and costumes.  The parades can get pretty chaotic as people in costume may (or may not) engage in some mischief with the crowd.  The one parade we saw, someone came out of a group and (this was really rather spooky in some ways) started very slowly but deliberately creeping towards my wife and, long story short, stole her shoe laces!  There were some people watching the parade from a house with a garden unlike the one with gorillas.  A few characters got together and climbed up the wall, into the garden, and started peering back in the windows at the spectators.  It was all done completely silently and they moved slowly but just kept on coming.  Creepy!  

One of the other bits of stuff that happens is a group dressed as witches will stop in the street and stuff their brooms (made of small sticks bound to one big stick) together roughly like a pyramid.  Someone climbs up on the brooms and sits on top of them!  You have to see it to get it but it's pretty amazing.