Sparrows and Schnitzelbank......

My posting schedule for the next few days will probably be reversed....posting at night while at motels.

These were taken before I left home. I've had this bird bath all summer and never saw a bird in it until today! The sparrows went crazy playing in it all day, today. The Goldfinch prefers to drink rather than play.
This little guy was the king of the bath....he just played and splashed like he'd never seen water before. I can't believe how much bigger he looks than the goldfinch.

The goldfinch doesn't seem real impressed.

OK......we didn't get to leave town until Mike got home from work. So with a late start we had only planned to go as far as Jasper, Indiana. This is a small German town in southern Indiana.

We wanted to eat at their famous Schnitzelbank Restaurant. This is the tower on the building and I thought it attractive.

The front side gets you in the German mood and there is piped music playing while you wait.

Just in case you don't know the words......they have them posted on the wall in the dining area.

The food was good German fare......we had bratwurst, sauerkraut, German fries, red cabbage, plus salad bar with a spaetzel soup and pickled herring and other such things. I couldn't even eat half of the food (groan). Just once I'd like to eat in a restaurant that serves small meals. But it was good, what I ate of it! There were 3 pages of beers to choose from and Mike had a double bock and it was excellent.

Mike.....the langer mann :-)

I guess that makes me the Dicke frau!

And so the sun sets in Jasper on the first day.

Tomorrow we will go to the huge Patoka Lake area nearby and whatever else we see that looks interesting!