MARCESINA

I went up to Marcesina today. Luisa's cousin Hermano told me about it. It's a huge beautiful open pasture with a wildlife refuge, an old hotel, and various dairies. There were cows and cow pies everywhere. The high alps can be seen in the distance. I chose a direct but very steep route to get up there. It was uphill for three and a half hours. I took an old single lane military road up out of Val Sugana. It was the steepest most curvy road I've ever been on. It was both ridiculous and breathtaking. Up on top it was like heaven. It's another world up there. It's so cool and peaceful. Sometime I'll have to stay up there and just keep going. It takes so much effort just to get up there! On the descent back down into Valsugano I strapped a camera to the front of my bike. It captures how crazy that road was. Once back in the valley, I had a head wind all the way back to Bassano. This ride killed me, as I knew it would.