The walking trail in the woods

Above is the field where I encountered the "Elephant Dog." Below is the tunnel of terror.

The small park by our house. Below is the road that goes back to our house

This is a "Y" intersection. Veer left to go to our house. Below is an area map. Any up for a Halloween trip to the town of Frankenstein?

The Church and sort of a little town square

The Chronology of Hochspeyer

Our only stoplight

Just some buildings I took pictures of in town

A Gasthaus

It didn't rain today so after Church I got out and walked around a got some pictures of the village. I wish could figure out how to make this blog let me post pictures with some description of what it is. I did find that about five minutes is small park with access to walking and bike trails into the woods. There are pictures of all that. One thing there is not a picture of is one of the biggest, shaggiest dogs I have ever seen. I was just emerging from the woods where the path goes over an open field and I saw a lady walking what I first took to be a woolly mammoth. I was a little hesitant to continue down the path, but the woman pulled the dog over and had it lay down. This dog was so huge that instead of a collar she had a leather harness big enough to saddle a horse on it. I dearly wanted to take a picture of the gigantic beast, but lacking the German skills to ask if it was alright, and feeling positive that the dog would have no problem swallowing the camera, the hand holding the camera and my arm up to my elbow, I kept the camera in my pocket. This will be beautiful area to walk through in the summer, and I'm pretty sure I raspberry or blackberry canes. I'll be keeping my eye on those. You'll also see photos of the tunnel of terror. I named it that because it's dark and has such a low ceiling I had to stoop over to walk through it. I included a picture of the towns only stop light and some of the streets and buildings. I also snapped a few shots of the town fountain that seems to record the dates and names of villages that stood here and eventually became Hochspeyer. It's and old place.

We had stake conference today. I really enjoyed it. I sang with the choir. It was a little different than what I am used to. Our first practice was an hour before the meeting started. I think it still worked out well. Robert C. Oaks was the visiting general authority. He lived here for eight years when he was in the Air Force. He used to be a 4 star general and commended Air Forces Europe. He talked a lot about keeping our commitment to our covenants and serving Christ. I want anyone reading this to know I have a testimony of Christ and that through sacred experiences and the witness of the Holy Ghost I know Christ lives and loves us.