Day by day,we hadn?t a clue where we were going. But Edelweiss unveiled wonders like this climb up the Alps, where we met a gent riding his vintage Guzzi. Photos by the author.
?Are you crazy" Why would you sign up for a motorcycle tour that gives you zero information about where you?re going" Even worse, why would you sign up for some so-called Mystery Tour if the guy leading the group is a rookie guide"?
Yadda, yadda, yadda?almost everyone I talked to asked these very questions about my joining Edelweiss Bike Travel?s Mystery Tour 2017. For me, the answer was easy: when the Editor-in-Chief tells me to go, I simply grab my helmet and go. Ours is not to reason why?etc. That?s not to say, however, that such questions weren?t legitimate. Fact is, I couldn?t wait to interrogate the group when we met up in Austria to reveal the reasons they signed up for the ride. Is it possible to have too many switchbacks on a tour" A couple of riders on this Mystery Tour thought so. But I disagreed, respectfully and wholeheartedly?it was so much fun!
As for the rookie guide, that would be Rainer Buck, company CEO. He, along with wife Gaby, has participated in many Edelweiss tours?as would be expected. But this time he alone was responsible for selecting the routes, hotels, restaurants and points of interest for the tour. Also, he would be taking full responsibility for leading the entire ride for the first time ever. No pressure?ha! But being the boss, Rainer could che...