Jer Mahon

Another bright and fresh morning, we chose to have our breakfast served out on the Hotel patio. It was an artistic and delicious spread! Leaving a bit later than usual, we rode across the short bridge to Murter Island across the way, looping through the towns of Murter and Betina, before crossing back to the mainland.

Following the coastline south, we soon turned inland near Grebastica. The road up the shaded hillside was fun with its multiple switch backs. Sadly, the area experienced a forest fire not to long ago. Large pines got toasted. Hopefully they can recover some of the timber and put it to good use.

Once we crested the low summit, our navigation app had a minor glitch, so had to double back a short ways. We stopped for a coffee in Siroke, and chatted with a German couple who were on their last day of a cycling holiday.

Still meandering south as our evening destination was Split, we found our way back behind the Dalmatian mountains again, and along more paved narrowed farm roads. As we passed through a shaded stretch of shrubs and oak trees, decided to have a rest break to enjoy snacks and water.

The final few stretches of fun country road curves brought us to a tight bend were we had to break hard as a local farmer decide to use the road to move the cattle herd. A few more switch backs brought us to another summit overlooking the bay between Split and Trogir. There appeared to be a walking path up to a view point, so parked the motorcycles and went fire a walk. It is the war memorial (Memorijalni park domovinskog rata – Malačka) honoring the lives lost during the Croatian Homeland War, with the names listed between 1995 and 1992... A very sad reminder that even today, we still continue these nonsensical wars, like what is occurring currently in the Ukraine. 😔

We successfully made it back to Rent-a-GS through the rush hour traffic, stopping briefly for fuel before returning the motorcycles. We collected our luggage we had stored there and took a quick Uber ride to the old town of Split where our final stay was located, across from old Roman Diocletian Palace. Tifani Luxury Apartments were enjoyable, quiet and newly renovated.

After A took the laundry for washing once he showered, and left J&D to freshen up and reorganize the luggage. J found a few restaurants in the old town, but the streets were pretty crouded, and restaurants busy. Ended up going to a place we had seen on our previous stay. It was a tiny and stuffy Mexican restaurant, and the one fellow cooking was kept vey bust with a continuous stream of people stopping in. A had the beef burrito while J&D each ordered a chimichanga (chicken and pulled pork fillings). While enjoying our dinner, it was interesting people watching, especially one fellow who danced with impatients. He also lacked personal boundary awareness, and was basically standing over D while he was eating... 🙃Read more