My summer began early: in May. Off to Europe I went to make a 50-year anniversary visit to Germany where I lived during my senior year of high school. To make the trip an adventure, a friend I had made during that year rendezvous'd with me at the Frankfurt airport and off we went, bike helmets in hand, to board a venerable old barge headed out of Koblenz for the tiny town of Saarburg just past the southern end of the Mosel River. As a reminder of our fun week of barging, biking, and learning about Riesling viticulture along this scenic river, I made a map. Please click on the map to see an enlarged version. After all, you don't want to miss a thing!

Map is about 6"x9", done with a black gel pen and watercolor, freely written and drawn in my sketchbook.

 As a side note, I will be teaching my class, "The Art of Drawing Maps" at the North Cascades Institute's Environmental Learning Center in the gorgeous mountains of Washington State. This location is about a three-hour drive from Seattle. To read about it or register, please click HERE.