16207

Croatia: Summer Vacation, Day 2: Stinica

In the morning I took a quick walk with Bronco on the seaside and then I had to drove my car to Gračac, so that it will be available there when we end our hiking trip over the Velebit mountain range, hopefully in 10 days. Aleš also drove there with his car, so we could return back to Stinica. On the way back we stopped in Baške Oštarije, where we left some food. Our Velebit hiking trail runs across that village, so we thought it is a good idea to leave some weight there. In the evening we started the barbecue and the day quickly turned into night.

Previous day of our Summer Vacation 2024: Day 1 - 16206.

Uvala Krivača bay.

View to our block of apartments.

In order to transport logs from Velebit, Kombinat Velebit from Rijeka financed the construction of a freight cable car from Veliki Alan to Stinica in 1957, and it was built by prisoners from Goli otok. The cable car was 6,300 meters long, had 60 steel poles and three stations. The loading station was in Veliki Alan, the corner in Dundović Podi, and the unloading station in the sawmill and port of Stinica. It worked until 1968, when the Stinica sawmill also stopped working. After the cable car stopped working, the facility was left at the mercy of the mountain. The former log house has been converted into the "Alan" Mountain House, the neglected cable car carriers like unusual metal creatures welcome the many visitors who visit Alan and tell the story of another attempt by man to tame the mountain, which Velebit did not allow him this time. All the equipment was left to decay, devastation, theft of secondary raw materials, so that there is very little left of all that gives a hint of its former existence.

View to island Rab.

Bronco and water. Two different universes.

 

Barbecue time.

While Aleš and me we working on the barbecue, Nada and Ana were enjoying the sunset.

Calm September evening.

 

Chef Aleš in action.

Bronco and Loki.

Geocache found:

- 🛳️⛴️🚢 Stinica 🚢⛴️🛳️, GCADZXE, that received a visit by trackable items "MissJenn’s 5 Cents", TB9K7R9 and "Second Angel of peace", TBA8B55

#seaside #SummerVacation #Velebit #geocaching #barbecue #CatahoulaLeopardDog

16206

Slovenia / Croatia: Summer Vacation, Day 1: Stinica

After the morning walk with Bronco to Kršiše - Garmin Connect, we started our summer vacation. On our first day we drove to Stinica, where we met with my co-worker Aleš and his girlfriend Ana, along with her parents and dog Loki.

View to Bay of Bakar.

 

Bronco on holidays.

 

Evening on the coast exhausted us.

Geocache found:

- Bakarski zaljev vidikovac / Bakar bay viewpoint, GC6NTKN, that received a visit by trackable items "MissJenn’s 5 Cents", TB9K7R9 and "Second Angel of peace", TBA8B55

#seaside #SummerVacation #Velebit #geocaching #CatahoulaLeopardDog

16205

Slovenia: Hike & Fly: Potoška gora

After a long time I decided to visit Potoška gora and fly from it again. Nice weather and conditions were a formula for a great day - Garmin Connect.

Setting up the glider.

 

Some had the same plan as I.

#hiking #paragliding #mountains #KamnikSavinjaAlps

16203

Slovenia: Road Cycling in Gorenjska

Dejan was still in cycling mood and he planned a route around Gorenjska and as usual, he convinced me to join him. We did 3 larger ascents, first one to Jamnik, second one to Soriška planina and the last one to Pokljuka and we finished the day with a beer a his place - Garmin Connect.

Morning view to Kropa.

Jamnik.

This monument at Dražgoše, commemorates the efforts of the Cankar Battalion at the 1942 Battle of Dražgoše, where Partisans fought a snowy winter against Germans.

Painted rocks below Soriška planina.

At Soriška planina or saddle Bohinjsko sedlo.

Road towards Pokljuka.

Dejan and Tuši. Congratulations to Dejan, since he did all this with a mountain bike.

#RoadCycling #Karawanks

16201

Slovenia: Cycling with Handball

My nephews Tim and Matic train handball and today was their home match in Radovljica. Nada and me decided to be on the match and support them, so we made a short road cycling trip to Radovljica - Garmin Connect.

In Spodnja Besnica.

Time to split. I took a little longer route over Jamnik.

Jamnik with its famous church.

Start of the match in Radovljica.

Our guys won.

#roadcycling #handball

16200

Slovenia: Prelaz Ljubelj

Nada and Bronco accompanied me on my 38th hike in 2023 to Prelaz Ljubelj.

  

Hike after work - Garmin Connect.

#hiking #mountains #Karawanks #CatahoulaLeopardDog

16197

Slovenia /Austria: 4 Lakes With Motorcycle

After the morning walk with Bronco to Kršiše (Garmin Connect) we continued with plans on 2 wheels. Lefteris, my Greek friend from the Couchsurfing days was in Slovenia again, so we decided to have a motorbike ride. I planned a ride, where we visited 4 lakes and 2 countries and even Nada joined us. We all had a great afternoon on the motorbikes.

 

The GTI meeting was one of the world's largest Volkswagen meetings. Since 1982, it has taken place for four days (starting on the Wednesday before Ascension Day until the following Saturday) in Reifnitz / Ribnica on Lake Wörthersee Vrbsko jezero. The GTI meeting was founded in 1982 by Erwin Neuwirth with fewer than 100 participants and on its peak it had around 200000 visitors. In 2023 the municipality of Maria Wörth (Otok) decided not to host an event anymore.

Lefteris and Tuši.

The first lake that we visited was Vrbsko jezero - Wörthersee.

Framed in Baško jezero - Lake Faak.

We almost crossed the border in a tank.

Approaching Lake Kreda.

The lake got its name from the chalk (Slovene: kreda) that was mined in the area until 1985.

We separated near Lake Bled, where we left Lefteris behind and we continued back home. After 167 km we arrived to home in our village.

#motorbike #friends #lakes #Gorenjska #Koroška

16196

Earth: Goodbye Angie

Almost 10 years ago (12713), 3483 days to be exact, I bought Toyota Auris, and immediately we started calling her Angie. She proved to be a very reliable car and after almost 350000 km, she decided to go to Bulgaria. We all wish her a pleasant stay there and many more safe kilometers. Farewell, Angie!

Time for the last ride with our Angie. Direction Kranj and then Bulgaria.

397966 without any major issues. Well done!

Bronco knew, that something was going on, so he didn't want to leave his space in Angie.

#Toyota #Auris #LPG

16195

Earth: Welcome Karla

A while ago, Nada and me decided to buy a new car. We found it, ordered it and waited. Today I finally picked her up, Toyota Corolla and we immediately named her Karla. Welcome home and be good with us for many years.

Basic specifications:

Toyota Corolla E210 Touring Sports 2.0 Hybrid - LINK.

I picked her up with my Metliška Črnina bike - Garmin Connect. 

And she's home.

#Toyota #Corolla #Hybrid #Atkinson #eCVT

16194

Slovenia: Lokovnikov Grintovec and Košutica

Loibler Baba (also Ljubeljska Baba, Košutica or just simple Baba) is a scenic mountain located north of the western ridge of Košuta. I decided to conquer the peak via the north face, where an abandoned path leads to the top, but first I picked up a geocache on nearby Lokovnikov Grintovec, that also offers some mazing views to nearby peaks. I descended to mountain pasture Korošica, where I had a break. In the middle of each September, the cattle, that lived there during the Summer, leaves the pastures and retunes back to the valley, so I helped my friends to escort 18 of them them back home - Garmin Connect.

Arriving to mountain pasture Korošica.

Time to leave Slovenia and enter Austria.

View from Lokovnikov Grintovec to Grlovec on the North.

View towards West with Begunjščica, Triglav, Stol and Vrtača.

My destination, Košutica.

View to Košuta ridge and its northern wall.

Just following the ridge straight ahead to the summit via Gerhard Orasch path. 

Mountain pasture Korošica from top of Košutica, 1968 m.

Met a friend on the way down - Vipera berus or common European viper.

Finally time for a break.

In the end, we escorted 18 cows back to the valley.

Geocache found:

- Grintoutz ali Lokovnikov Grintovec, GC9W53M, that received a visit by trackable items "MissJenn’s 5 Cents", TB9K7R9 and "Second Angel of peace", TBA8B55

#hiking #mountains #Karawanks #CatahoulaLeopardDog #geocaching #cattle