Thursday, April 29, 2021

Day 14: Animals

Last night was beautiful, with the moon nearly being full and orange. I enjoyed sleeping only with the mosquitonet-tent (that is actually not mosquito proof at all anymore!) 

I had a slow morning and it just started to drizzle, when I started walking. However, it didn't last long and the entire day was nice but strangely humid hot.

Following down the Ilz, I had my animal highlight. I just read some information about the dam where I was standing, when I saw something coming from behind. I thought it would be another one of these small dogs. But then I saw, what it was, waddling totally relaxed past me: a beaver!!!! As if it would be normal for it to pass the dam, pass a person and go back into the water. So amazing!!! When I realized it, I took out my camera as fast as possible, but of course I managed only to get a bad shot of its tail.

Then later on, I had a tick crawling up my pant leg and I saw a snake. Quite an animal-day :)

Interesting was the tunnel at the Ilz I walked through, which was made to drift wood more quickly to Passau, avoiding a long leg of the river that is making kind of a loop there.

I passed Passau, which looked nice but didn't go into the old town, only wandered a bit around the castle Oberhaus. 

Then there was a lot of nice hiking along streams and at the end of the day, I walked up a viewing tower near Oberfrauenwald, bevor setting up my tent.

Am I lucky to be able to do this! 



Beaver

Tunnel to drift wood through


Funny tower in Hauzenberg






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