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There was an old Turkish Castle a mile away that was worth a quick drive by, but there was something else.\u00a0 \u00a0There was a Sequoia.\u00a0 \u00a0I have never seen a Sequoia outside of California.\u00a0 \u00a0I had to see this one.<\/p>\n
I followed the GPS to the coordinates provided.\u00a0 \u00a0Well, close to them.\u00a0 There was a Surly looking big Pine Tree next to a Surly looking house, with a\u00a0 Surly looking guy sitting at a picnic table with his Surly looking dog that was snapping at my boots.\u00a0 \u00a0I continued on.\u00a0 A bit farther, I looked in the direction of where the GPS said the tree was.\u00a0 \u00a0Sure enough, there it was.\u00a0 \u00a0Way out in the roadless field belonging to the Surly guy.\u00a0 \u00a0Yup, it was a drive by.<\/p>\n
I followed a few oddball roads, in one case going 10 miles down a good paved road, which turned into 10 miles of bad paved road, then into gravel, then into BAD gravel.\u00a0 \u00a0It was looking like another 30 miles of this so I turned around, and took some other generic road and found this beautiful site.<\/p>\n And on a great twisty road.<\/p>\n Met this German couple with their older BMW’s\u00a0 \u00a0They were into home made modifications and simple technology.\u00a0 And camping.\u00a0 \u00a0Great people, had a good talk.\u00a0 \u00a0They looked more like they were on a world tour than I do.<\/p>\n Take a BMW flying brick and turn it into sort of a dirt bike.\u00a0 \u00a0Love the bags. <\/p>\n I saw them later on.\u00a0 They were riding off into the dirt on the Transalpina road.\u00a0 \u00a0That brick makes a great dirt bike. <\/p>\n I rode down what is called the TransAlpina road in Romania.\u00a0 \u00a0This is in the Transylvania region.\u00a0 \u00a0Yes, THAT Transylvania.<\/p>\n A photo of me for a change <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The scenery was outstanding. <\/p>\n What we call Spaghetti Roads.\u00a0 Ignore the fact that the GPS says I am more than double the speed limit.\u00a0 \u00a0This is Romania. The town I stayed in.\u00a0 \u00a0A bit small and not very busy out of Ski Season. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n No real rules or boundaries.\u00a0 Ride off into the grass?\u00a0 Sure.\u00a0 \u00a0Ride off the edge of a cliff?\u00a0 \u00a0If that is your thing.\u00a0 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n As usual, lots of cool churches and things in the area. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And Dracula’s Castle.\u00a0 As it was told to me, this is the castle that inspired Bram Stoker to write his novel.\u00a0 \u00a0Or something like that.\u00a0 \u00a0There are hikes at 10 am and 3 pm to the top.\u00a0 \u00a0It is quite a climb.\u00a0 \u00a0There is a tourist castle a few hours away.\u00a0 \u00a0I think I will go there. <\/p>\n The\u00a0Transf\u0103g\u0103r\u0103\u0219an road is, like the Transalpina, a great spaghetti road.\u00a0 \u00a0The Dracula castle shown above is on it.\u00a0 The first part of the road when I was on it had these oil streaks.\u00a0 But only on left hand turns that one would have to brake on.\u00a0 \u00a0I am not sure what the oil was, it did not smell like diesel, and 4 hours later it was still wet.\u00a0 \u00a0It was slippery, but not as bad as other diesel spills I have seen.\u00a0 \u00a0It sure did limit my speed.\u00a0 Then I passed a broken down newish car and there were no more oil streaks.\u00a0 \u00a0I am assuming the car was just out of fuel, having left it on the road for the last bunch of miles.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n