Today we travelled from the foothills to the mountains - through Slovakia, Austria and into the border town of Slovenia. The roads can be quite nice but then again can be extremely bumpy.
The scenery was amazing and I need to remember never to look down when you are travelling the mountains because it just freaks me out. The roads are so narrow and absolutely no railings in sight - not even a small rock wall that we had on the previous Posse Ride. As you ride around a corner you just never know if there is a car coming or what you are going to meet and it is really hard to put that all out of your mind and to just enjoy the curves when you are in the middle of 20 or so bikes! My hands and arms are very sore from being so tense and clutching and revving as you go around hairpin turns.
We stopped at the top of a mountain in the Alps for hot drinks and to take some pictures. The temperature was around 10 and it was chilly. Tomorrow promises to be in the 30's and everyone is looking forward to the hotter weather but certainly not the last day of riding.
First thing this morning we took a moment of silence in honour of France and the terrible news from Nice, France where over 80 people were killed the day before. Interesting how all of us from all over the world with different religions, backgrounds, languages can all get along and enjoy each other's company and come together to honour those that were killed for no reason. This is one of the best reasons why I completely love the Posse Ride.
Tonight the "Ducks" were handed it out and OMG I got one (well I should have got two but I wasn't allowed to have the High Mountains Duck as you are only allowed one and I had a special one coming). So my "Special Duck" was the "Charlene, who the fuck is Charlene Duck". Too funny as everyone was singing my name instead of "Alice". Geert are you happy now I have put the word "fuck" in my blog - lol. There is a story behind all of this craziness and everyone seems to know who I am because of this blog that I do each day.
Tomorrow is our last day to ride! Then a pool party and Venice on Sunday and the farewell party. So glad I booked an extra day to relax by the pool on Monday to get ready to go home Tuesday. Hard to believe it is the final days already after waiting two years to do this amazing Posse Ride!
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