TransAlpania Road, Romania

Came into Romania near Arad

So I ended up camping beside a big Honda Goldwing pulling a trailer. 

The next morning I was up early and headed to Transalpania road. Its a mountain pass that has only recently been paved, dang it, but there is still a few rough spots!!! I filled up with gas and headed out!!!

The road was nice it was a bit chilly but it was fun! Nice turns and NO TRAFFIC!!!!

I got to a few parts that weren't paved but only for a few hundred meters at a time so no biggie.

Then I turn off on another highway to met up with the Transfăgărășan!!!!!!!!!!! AKA "The Best Road in the World" or so say Top Gear among many others.

On the way there I relize I am not seeing any gas stations.... So I pull over and hit the nearest gas station button on the GPS and about shat myself! Nothing remotely close according to it. So I open the map and the nearest one is still a ways off. I figured it a thousand ways and if the map and gps were right I would be 10 miles short... That was with me stretching it to get the 10 miles short... So I head out, luckily I was at 1700meters so I just coasted the whole way down about 15 miles!!! score gas saved!!! 

Then I felt something hit my foot.....

Look down and the damn fog light on the right side was just hanging by it's wires!!! So I pull over and see that again one of the bolts has vibrated out AGHHHH I guess that locktight I used was definitely no good! what now... WAIT when I left those guys in Lviv they gave me some spare bolts maybe just maybe one will work! I find it and yes m6 just what I needed but about 1/4" to long.... ok what now what now.... washer or spacer something!!! Then I remember the I-hooks I had been using to tiedown my gear to. They were of course American Standard the only stinkin thing on the bike, that will change, BUTTTTT they each had a nut on them that might just might be forced on the M6 bolt and work. So I take off one nut and crew the I-hook back down all the way. Shure as birds fly I was able to make it work!!! not perfect but will get me down the road!!!!

So now im back on the gas thing I get to the bottom of the hill and I see a sign that says Gas 1 km... Maybe maybe at this point I am at 110 miles and know what's coming. then there it was like a glimpse of heaven!!!! I almost killed the old lady running it when I gave her a hug!!!!

The adventure continues