A Trip to Isnyland

One of our tasks here is to locate lost members. There are many members here in Germany who, over the years, have drifted away from the church after joining. It is difficult to find people here because of stronger identity protection laws here, but there are ways of finding people using internet searches and other methods. We knew of a few people in the city of Isny, far in the east part of our branch. In the past year-and-a half we have never been to this area, so we were going to visit that city. The elders referred to this as our trip to "Isnyland."

The town is not very large, about 15000 in and around it. We did not have much success there, but did locate the possible location of one of our members. Driving to and from Isny was quite beautiful and we got a few pictures.

During that week, we also had a zone meeting in Switzerland and I took a few pictures on that trip as well.

Some of the farmlands in the area of Isny.

One of the typical farmhouses, including the beautiful flowerboxes and solar panels on the roof.

The road going through a dark forest.

Another colorful house.

We found a salamander (or something similar) we saw after visiting one of our members.

Traveling in Austria on our way to Switzerland for our Zone Training meeting. This picture shows a number of things. See how narrow the left turn lane is. That is common if there is a left turn lane. Ofter there are no left turn lanes. You get used to a lot of stop-and-go traffic here in Europe. The car in front of us is a very small Triumph from Wuppertal, Germany (about 300 miles north of here).

Here is our crossing on the way back from Switzerland into Austria (Österreich). Austria is part of the European Union (EU). Switzerland is not.

This is a wooden bridge in Austria. Trucks are not allowed on this road, as you can imagine. The height limit is just under 8 feet (2.4 meters).

Another picture of the zeppelin over Lake Constance.

Quite often (many times daily) we are stuck in traffic following a farm tractor. Passing is not always an option.

Back at home, here is a picture of Sister B's work on dresses for some of our granddaughters in the upcoming marriage of our son and associated activities.