Also steigen die Beiden wieder auf zum Le Hohneck - immer auf der Suche nach Empfang. Kurz hinter Le Hohneck treffen sie dann auf Phil und den Rest. Eine kurze Diskussion ergibt, dass sie zurück zum Auto gehen und sich eine andere Möglichkeit zum Übernachten suchen.
Das erste Mal duschen für Lena und Michael seit fast einer Woche, das erste Mal keine Nudeln.
Samstag fahren sie dann zurück nach Selestat und gehen noch kurz einkaufen - im Decathlon und im Supermarkt.
Fazit: Im Regen Wandern macht keinen Spaß. Wenn alles nass ist, ist das blöd.
Early on Sunday morning Phil, Anni, Lena and Michael head off to France - to the Vosges.
The weather in Stuttgart isn't too great, in Natzwiller in France it's raining. The rain doesn't seem to want to stop either. Phil, Lena and Michael head to the tourist information center and explore the location.
On the way back to the cars, the rain slows down - it's just drizzling.
In the afternoon, the 4 finally set off - up into the mountains.
The first destination is the Natzweiler Struthof concentration camp.
They run through the rain, through fog and wet forest, always uphill. At the concentration camp, they take a short break, seek shelter from the rain and try to warm up.
Lena tries to get permission to make tea with her broken French. They're not quite sure if they got it - but let's get to the tea.
First they try Phil's gas cooker. It spontaneously burns from the outside and in the end the puddle burns too... So Lena gets out the gas cooker... is that ethically correct...?
After tea the 4 set off again, further up, further through the rain and the wet forest.
In the evening they arrive at a clearing near a road - there is also a small bus stop here.
Here they set up camp and try to dry their things at the bus stop.
It's cold in the tent at night, it keeps raining all the time. The next morning, therefore, the decision to abort is not difficult.
They climb back down to the car and first dry all their things.
Lena and Michael decide to drive further south and continue to wind from there. Phil and Anni will not hike any further. But you would like to meet again next Friday and spend the weekend with friends in the mountains.
Lena and Michael also go to Chatenois and set up their first night's camp on the Affenberg. At night it rains again properly, the next morning the two are greeted by the sun.
You even get a free coffee (from the kiosk in front of the Affenberg).
After breakfast we continue - in the direction of the border of the First World War.
Via the Hohkönigsburg and Thannekirch it goes to the 3 castle ruins above Ribeauville.
There you both have to face the rain again and seek shelter under an archway of the Hohrappoltstein.
Most of it stays dry and after about 1 hour we continue to Grisberg Castle and finally to Ulrichsburg. There they observe a military aircraft during its exercises and then descend to Ribeauville.
Fill up the water for a moment and then continue to look for a place to sleep in the forest.
In the forest they find what they are looking for along the way and sleep restlessly - the wild boars are very active.
The next morning we continue via the Rocher du Koenigsstuhl and then to Aubure.
From Aubure it goes to le Bonhomme. In le Bonhomme, the two explore the cemetery and fill up their water there.
We continue to the Etang du Devin, an old Wehrmacht material cable car and water pump from the First World War.
Here they pitch their tent and admire the old walls.
The Etang du Devin is a kind of swamp. The Wehrmacht set up a camp there (actually more like a small house) to transport water, food and material to the front - which, by the way, passed right on top of the mountain. An old German military cemetery is also not far away.
At dinner they scare away a homeless man - for whatever reason. He had set up his sleeping place in the old facility. Lena and Michael set up the tent on the meadow next to the swamp.
There is definitely enough space for everyone, but it's easy to do.
The next morning we go up to the front.
You will pass the other end of the cable car and then you will reach the hill.
Everything here is full of barbed wire and trenches, old walls and tin.
Here ran the front - behind them the facilities of the Wehrmacht and in front of them the line of the French.
It goes down past a monument to a general who somehow led thousands to their deaths but was obviously also super important for the French - unfortunately Lena's French isn't that good to find out more.
You will then pass a French military cemetery.
We continue to Lac Blanc and finally to the Col de lagorge. Between Lac Blanc and Col de lagorge they are still desperately looking for water, run in circles and crawl up a scree field.
They can't find any water, but they arrive at the Col de lagorge and find sanitary facilities there...
They pitch their tent on the ski slope and plan to eat out at the pass. Unfortunately, the restaurants all close at 6 p.m. and they stand in front of closed doors - instead of schnitzel, there are noodles again.
The night inspires with a radiant, huge full moon.
The next morning we continue to the highest mountain in the Vosges, le Hohneck.
From there they descend to the Lac du Schiessrothried.
Phil, Annie and other friends are supposed to come here too.
Unfortunately, the lake is closed for swimming and camping is not allowed either...
There is no reception either.
So the two climb back up to Le Hohneck - always looking for reception. Shortly after Le Hohneck they meet Phil and the rest. A short discussion shows that they go back to the car and look for another place to stay.
Finally, it goes to Lac de Longemer and the campsite there.
The first shower for Lena and Michael in almost a week, the first time no noodles.
Today we're having a barbecue and there's magic potion (grain with iced tea).
On Saturday they drive back to Selestat and go shopping - in the Decathlon and in the supermarket.
Then again into the forest and up the mountain.
They set up camp in a clearing and make a fire.
Someone came up with the idea of carrying a keg of Pils up - unfortunately it's been shaken up so well that only foam comes out... well luckily there's magic potion again.
On Sunday they get off again and drive home.
Conclusion: Hiking in the rain is no fun. If everything is wet, that's stupid
At home, Lena and Michael notice that they haven't even used up half their rations. Normally, Lena always prepacks the portions so that only one bag has to be taken out and then prepared. They didn't do that this time and of course promptly ate far too little - well, good for the figure (the scale says 3 kg less).
In total, the two ran almost 200km in 7 days.
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