Water under the bridge

And water under the working boats, the motor boats, the ferries, the canoes and under the overhanging trees.  Water through the power plants and the locks.  Water by the fields of wheat, barley and corn; by the beaches and people fishing with poles and nets; by official campgrounds with small harbours and unoffical ones with nude bathers; by busy roads and small paths; by rock faces and alluvial plains.

The river is timeless.  It cares not for current or past politics.  There is no change as it slips from Germany into Austria despite the tumultuous past.  It did not care about a granite outcropping and simply went around it creating the Donau Schlinge (Danube Loop).  It doesn't care about me or any of the other cyclists, but we can participate in its endless motion and marvel at the beauty..

Today's photo is of that famous loop (a 1 km walk with 180 m of up -- translates to an average of 18%).  Truly beautiful!