The ups and downs.....

Following the Danau, extremely crowded with touring bikers as it is again paved, flat and slightly downhill, we planned to meet our friends Christine and Matt in Linz, the first big city we would hit in Austria. This story I am about to tell is a bit scary but pretty hilarious, that is if you can really try to imagine the entire scene. I spoke with Christine to let her know when we would be in Linz and she asked if we would feel comfortable with leaving our bikes outside their place, locked up of course. "It's really safe in Austria," she says. No problem. We normally don't like to leave our bikes unattended unless they are at a campground as we would be totally shit out of luck if something did happen. Anyway, the next night, our first night in Austria, we are at a campground that sits right along the Danau bikepath. Normal routine, ride to a store, cook dinner, drink wine, sit by the river, go for a walk, read our books in our tent and lights out.
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