Today we got an earlier start, but the progress was slow. We headed straight for the hills. The roads were slow and full of cars and bicycles. We climbed through some really gorgeous villages.  Soon we we hit a paved path that climbed to 8500 feet. We assumed since it was so narrow that it was a one way motorcycle road...no cars....boy were we wrong! Check out the photos. Not only did did we catch up to cars but we ran into them head on....the drivers had to get out to negotiate the pass...what are the thinking. The corners were so sharp and climbing up the steep incline we literally needed a granny gear. We saw goat herders and dogs trying to keep the animals off the path. Felt like Mongolia or maybe a paved road in northern India....very odd and old. Who ever decided to pave a path (a wide walkway) up an over a pass like this must have had lots of spare time on their hands. This would be a very fun WR450 ride. Do not leave the path at any time...Found a little Italian village to have lunch. Very quiet and no tourists. Food is affordable and good. Heading to the Swiss border after lunch...more later...I might need new company...not well loved here.
Ok after lunch got really interesting. We hit the Swiss border using a 4km tunnel that felt like we were in a partical accelerator...picture posted...today was over 100 degrees and the tunnel was so cool! We had to ride as fast as we possibly could go...one way traffic only.
After the tunnel we hit Mulholland Drive in the mountains...also picture posted...hard to describe the road. Too bad they let the stupid cars on this road. It was a perfectly concrete paved road with the best laid out corners and views I have seen. Hard to get a photo, but we tried.
We finished the day going in and out of Italy and Switzerland...ending in Italy.
Hopefully tomorrow is much cooler.
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