More WOWs than UHOHs

Today's cycling was about 34 km from Rudesheim to St. Goar summarized as follows:
WOW every time I turned a corner in the snaking river, there was another castle ruin on the side of a mountain;
WOW along the cycle path, in the shade, some of the blackberries were still just at the ripe stage, rather than past;
WOW the ferry across the river is cool as it navigates the current, actually turning 180 to dock;
UHOH the Loreley actually had 409 steps rather than the advertised 400, but
WOW the views up and down the river were spectacular;
WOW I got someone to take my picture with the Loreley lady;
UHOH the castle Rheinfels has a 17% grade in the road access, so I left the bike at the end of a footpath and took the 184 stairs;
WOW the castle is perched on a rock and has battlements and arrow slots looking down but
UHOH the camera battery ran out and
UHOH I forgot the charger at home and
UHOH there was no place in St. Goar where I could get another charger;
WOW the castle had towers and underground battlements that were accessible;
UHOH I had skipped lunch to make sure I got to the castle and had to have a Cliff shot;
WOW I found a bakery with "end of the day" specials on a lovely apple cake with marzipan and a piece of nut torte;
UHOH the hotel is the poorest one yet, closed so I had to get a key from the lady in the casino next door, no lift, shower doesn't work properly and no internet;
WOW found a hotel at the other end of town with an internet cafe that even had wireless for 5 euro an hour;
UHOH couldn't find the restaurant recommended but
WOW lucked into cheese spatzle that were fantastic, especially along with another federweiss;
UHOH federweiss, available in bottles, only lasts about 4 days so none will be travelling to Canada;
WOW walking along the river at dusk was great with lights in the castles and mansions up the hills.

And the WOWs take the day!