Wednesday, 11:00 am: After two days “Down South” in Augusta and Bangor for business, we’re back home and I’m back to blogging. On Monday morning when we got up at 5:00 am we had a very light dusting of snow, which melted before we left at 6:00 am.

Back to our European trip [part three]: After leaving Berlin we drove south to Frankfurt on the Autobahn. High speed is the common denominator on the Autobahn, and is an adventure in itself and not for the faint of heart. Generally Autobahn driving is nondescript and a blur. However, since our last trip to the old country, four years ago, wind turbines have popped up everywhere on the landscape and add something new to look at while driving. Germany has embraced wind power in a big way and continues to reduce its dependence on nuclear power. Hmm, this sounds like an editorial.

The yellow fields you see below are Raps [English: rape seed]. This is used for making cooking oil. In the US it is commonly called canola oil. Raps is starting to be used for the manufacture of bio-fuel in Germany. Generally I object to taking photographs through the window of a moving car, but it was too hazardous to stop on the side of the Autobahn and snap a picture and I’m getting too old and life too short to chance it.

To continue with the weather theme of this blog – here’s my weather:

Current values from our wireless Davis Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 53.4° (F.)

Barometer: 30.420 & slowly falling

Humidity: 43%

Wind: SSE at 8 mph light & variable

Visibility: > 3 miles

Skies: High & light overcast 100%

Precipitation: None

Since midnight:

Low temperature: 25.3° (F.) at 4:32 am

High wind: 11 mph at 10:55 am