The Wobbling Sprocket

We went the opposite direction into Italy today. It was unplanned but what the heck. with a small group you have some flexibility. we had a great day. we even found a bike path that I never had an idea existed. with a little more time we would have made Austria as well. Here is a pic of Ronni in Italy:

Italian - Slovenian Border

Italy

Sept 3 – Tolmin to Kranjska Gora

We all rode together up to Kobarid and then I doubled back and got the van while the others toured the Museum. Kobarid is the site of the Miracle of Kobarid during WWI. It must have been hell on earth here for 3 years on a stationary front in the Soca Valley. We pass old bunkers on out bikes.

We had to hang out in bovec for a couple hours due to rain.

There was some excitement on the way up. A Harley Davidson bounced off a wall and went over the side. I have some pics that I will post. the bike went down about 4o feet. I don’t know what happened to the rider.

moto

Kind of cold at the top but that is not unusual. Everyone rode all the way up.  Here is the view from the top of the Vrsic Pass:

Vrsic

The Hotel Miklic turned out to be a great place.

sign

Another big climb today to start the day. The good news is that there is only one. The train atually goes the same direction we do, but it goes through a 15k tunnel instead of over the mountain like we do. There were some good views of the Alps along the way. We stopped at a restaurant that is also a trout farm. Ronni and Brian had the trout. It was gigantic. A likeness of the chef graces the outside of the restaurant and gave Graeme and Brian a chance to ham it up.

In Tolmin 2e stayed at the Hotel Krn. The bar in the place actually had horse saddles as bar stools. Giddie up! We played foosball as well as pool. I also searched all over town to find some internet access only to find out the next morning that the hotel had a wifi antenna. Who would have known?

We also managed to get Ronni a new spoke and her wheel trued up at the bike shop down the street.

Had a great meal at the Rutar across the Plaza….deer in red wine sauce.