Dunapataj to Mohács

Another wonderful day in Hungary.  We got a bit of a late start because of a passing rain storm.  There was a high likelihood of rain today, but why start out wet.

On the way, Rob made some new friends

The ride was flat all day.  It had the feel of Nebraska with big fields and lot of freshly harvested corn fields.  For the first time, we saw some Fall colors in the trees 

Fountain in the town of Baja

This was the only town of any size we went by today.  As we approached town, I heard a noise out of my bike.  In assumed a dirty chain.  I heard an even louder noise and my front brakes were no longer working.

Rob the ace retire mechanic quickly deduced that my brake pads had fallen out.  All the shaking loosened the bolt and dropped the spring and pads on the trail.  We were able to find the pads, but the rest was missing.

I quickly googled bike shops and found one less than a mile from our location.  We got there easily and with the help of hand gestures and google translate, we had a solution.  The mechanic replaced the pads, spring and bolt, cleaned my chain, adjusted both front and rear brakes and had us on our way in 15 minutes.

Yes, those are rain clouds.  We got rained on a bit.

Waiting for the ferry to our destination, Mohács 

Our route for the day.  Pretty good average speed for cycling 8 miles on gravel, some of it after a rainstorm.