Romincia Valcea to Dragoduna, July 7, 110 km

A Ride through Hell!

We woke up this morning to lions roaring at the adjacent zoo. Dogs barked throughout the night, but I slept reasonably well in my tent.

Again, we were on the road at sunrise to climb over several passes before getting into the flat plains. However, this was Monday morning rush hour traffic over a busy highway that goes to Bucharest. The previous two years this segment had been on a Sunday morning. This road was packed with semis carrying big loads, and they were in a hurry. The highway shoulder varied from a foot to nothing, so one had to share the road with the traffic…scary. For the first 50 km all I did was try to get as close to the edge or the road as possible and watch my mirror for upcoming trucks. Several time I had to bail out in the dirt. No fun! Everyone had tails of “and there I was…” In the end, the staff said today caught them by surprise and was a mistake. Oh well…we asked for an adventure. At least everyone arrived safe.

Tonight we are at a motel, camping, and renting several rooms for showers. After a stressful day, I laid down for a one hour nap, only to have several of my friends set beer bottles around me and take a compromising picture. This is, unfortunately, published on Terry’s blog: terrysspokereport.blogspot.com