Day 5

Day 5 Kram Reuab lives It seems the rumors of my being fired have been greatly exaggerated. Others have said I was responsible for using up all the internet data on the boat and shutting down the system. Can’t see how downloading the entire Seahawks game could have done that, can you? However others now have the address of this little story so may have to change the names a little to make it HIPPA compliant or something like that. I left you with the drama of Carl and Peg. Boy are they resourceful. Seems they just put on their walking shoes, well they already had them on actually, and walked across the peninsula to the next town and when we came around the corner, there they were. Actually beat us there. Off we went again to. Mljet Island is our next to last day and will be a multisport adventure day. Biking, swimming and last but not least eating. Good thing we got the big hills out of the way yesterday. Off the boat, turn right and straight up 8 degrees for half a mile. Actually seems you can walk or ride in first gear at about the same speed. Rewarded by a long gentle downhill that leads into National Sea Coast Park. Great pine forest surrounding a series of seawater lakes with lovely swimming areas and the small town of Soline where we had lunch. We took a very short water taxi ride across the lake while others biked around. Hoped we could take another water taxi to the monastery out in the middle but it seems they were closed. Oh well a swim then and we are refreshed for the back side (and I am starting to use that phrase very gently) of the hill. Seems what comes down must go up. 30 km of biking (or walking up hills for some of that) is a good day.

Could not have enjoyed our visit to the park more. We tend to think the US must be the only place where the natural beauty of lakes and forest have been enhanced and protected for all to enjoy. Well here is a news flash. Croatia has figured it out too. Where we are closing trails and cutting back on the National Park Service amazing places like this are thriving. I am up for spaghetti tonight, my favorite pre and post race meal of spaghetti carbonara, and our work is done on Mljet.