The Ride: One Big Mishap, but Zero Regrets

Unfortunately mid-way through the ride, we discovered that Lisa’s wallet, complete with all of our Euros and credit cards, had fallen out of her pocket somewhere in the first few hours of the ride. We were left with nothing but a USD20 bill (tucked for emergencies in her saddle bag) and several hours of riding ahead of us. With several days in Italy yet to come, we decided to double back in hopes of finding the wallet. But it was not to be - the wallet was forever lost to the mountain.

Thankfully a kind clerk at a hilltop restaurant took pity on us and let us use our USD to purchase the water required to get back to our start point. While our inability to complete the full planned loop was a disappointment, the ride was still incredibly beautiful as an out and back route.