The Hills Are Alive: Part 4

And then this happened...

The last morning of our vacation we checked out of the hotel and drove around for a bit.  We were going to check out the Ehrenberg castle ruins.  That's this place...

Taken from the road on a sunny day.

You may have also seen this picture I posted on facebook.

Taken from the road (with my iphone) in the rain.

Unfortunately, it was pouring rain.  We decided to take that as the universal sign for 'it's not fair for you have have any more fun that you already have.  Go home now.'  So that's what we decided to do.

We stopped for lunch and to stack some beer coasters.

It was when we decided to stop for coffee that the trouble started.  You see, our rental car had this going on.

Let me assure you that it's easy to think you're in reverse when you're not.

Let me also assure you that you cannot just back out of this one....

We were very entertaining for this sleepy little village.  

Johnny, on the left is an Austrian fire truck!

Don't worry, no Cunningham's were harmed in the making of this adventure.  Just our egos and our rental car.  And that fence.  It was hurt.

Ninja tow truck action.

Luckily for us, the owners had a great sense of humor about the whole thing.  We are paying to fix his fence, of course.  As a shout out, he owns The Ski Lounge in Berwang, Austria.  They specialize in "Active & Family Holidays" if you're in the market for one.  Tell him we sent ya!  ('Those crazy Americans that crashed through your fence,' that should do it.)

Seriously though, the moral of this story is to always get the extra insurance!  We actually didn't do that.  It ended up costing us about $500.  Not terrible, but not $50 either.  (The insurance was $50)  ALWAYS GET THE EXTRA INSURANCE!  You're welcome.

JKFP