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**LostInTransit** · #**1456** 6 Oct 2015

absolute dream life guys!!!

regards

Dave

**saralou** · #**1457** 6 Oct 2015

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Originally Posted by LostInTransit

absolute dream life guys!!!

regards

Dave

Ha ha. Funny you should say that after riding in the pouring rain for 6 hours i felt sort of the opposite several times today!

It is pouring and thundering here now in the south of France, but the forecast for the am and for the next week is dry.

So living the dream again!!!! Thanks so much for checking out our RR. Sara

**saralou** · #**1458** 7 Oct 2015

Finally we are getting some better weather for our trip to ride the Black Forrest.

We took a diagonal route on the small roads thru Pfullendorf and Beuron to finally end up in Baierbronn where we had booked a hotel.

alpine road 37 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Screen Shot 2015-09-30 at 4.04.59 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Screen Shot 2015-09-30 at 4.09.10 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1459** 7 Oct 2015

On the way in the distance we saw a huge castle on a hilltop in the distance so we had to check out the 11 th century Hohenzollern Castle.

alpine road 38 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

alpine road 39 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

alpine road 42 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

alpine road 45 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

alpine road 43 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1460** 9 Oct 2015

It was till early in the day when we got to beierbronn so we decided to make a loop north on the famous Schwarzwaldhochstrasse or Black Forrest High Road. This is the oldest and one of the best known “themed” drives in Germany. This runs to Baden Baden and then we looped back to Baierbonn for the night. The riding here in the Black Forrest is EPIC. There are a huge number of single-track twisty roads with no traffic.

Screen Shot 2015-09-30 at 4.05.42 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

DSC04813 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

DSC04815 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

DSC04817 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

DSC04818 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

DSC04820 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1461** 9 Oct 2015

We have had a glorious fall day in the Black Forrest!

DSC04827 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

DSC04828 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1462** 9 Oct 2015

For our second day here we tried to stick to these tiny roads until we got to Sexau near Frieberg and then the seconday roads after that. Our destination is to get to Riezlern Austria to meet up with our friends Jay and Leanne from Vancouver.

Screen Shot 2015-09-30 at 4.13.38 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Screen Shot 2015-09-30 at 4.13.21 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1463** 9 Oct 2015

We were headed to Lake Constance, but routed thru Neuhausen am Rheinfall in the corner of Switzerland to see the “largest falls in Europe”. Too many tourists here I guess.

DSC04831 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

DSC04833 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

IMG_4315 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1464** 9 Oct 2015

We left here at 4 pm with almost 200 km to go to get to meet our friends in Rizlern Austria past the east side of the lake. It is in a valley in Austria only accessible from Germany. We made it back into Germany and took the highway briefly to then go on the lakeside road. This is a very busy small road along the lake Constance.

DSC04835 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

DSC04836 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

DSC04838 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1465** 9 Oct 2015

This put us eber further behind for our expected 7 pm arrival. The next issue is we came across another road closure into Oberstorf, which involved a back track and then 40 km of backcountry lane driving on a detour with a 30 km limit.

DSC04843 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

DSC04846 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Finally we arrived in Rizlern Austria at almost 9 pm. We were meeting our Vancouver friends Jay and Leanne who were on a 3-week holiday. Jay had met our host Michael in Tok Alaska. Michael has been around the world on his Africa Twin, but this time in Tok he was on his bicycle. He was kind enough to invite us to join them all. We arrived to a beautiful dinner cooked by Sabine and multiple bottles of wine.

**saralou** · #**1466** 10 Oct 2015

Riezlern is a lovely alpine village in Austria with tons of hikers in summer and skiers in winter. There are chairlifts and gondolas all over.

riezlern 2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

riezlern 3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

riezlern 4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

riezlern 38 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

riezlern 39 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Screen Shot 2015-10-10 at 10.12.53 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1467** 10 Oct 2015

It was a bit chilly at 10 degrees, but we decided ona day ride near by in Germany.

riezlern 5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

riezlern 6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

riezlern 7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

riezlern 8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

riezlern 9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1468** 10 Oct 2015

We stopped in 24 km in Sonthofen at the Motorcycle Apparel shop to get the shields on the Shuberth helmets fixed. They were nice enough to replace the ratchets for free.

riezlern 12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

riezlern 11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

**saralou** · #**1469** 10 Oct 2015

About 50 km out we were headed up a steep, narrow, and windy road on which passing is “forbidden”. Just before this was a round about and Dan and I had smelled something burning. Well about 30 seconds later Leanne’s BMW stopped suddenly on the hill. She though she had stalled and tried to get going. Then we could see the smoke and flames coming from her rear brake. The caliper was seized. Dan Jumped off and had to drag the bike to the side of the road since the wheel would not move at all. We pulled it onto the sidewalk and left it to cool off and came back for it later. Luckily there is a mechanic about 4 km from here and he is the guy who used to go to Dakar with BMW.

riezlern 13 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

riezlern 15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr