{"id":16385,"date":"2015-09-10T11:01:42","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T20:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/?p=16385"},"modified":"2015-09-11T02:36:32","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T11:36:32","slug":"off-to-romania-for-a-month-long-bikepacking-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/off-to-romania-for-a-month-long-bikepacking-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Off to Romania For a Month Long Bikepacking Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BIKPACK-AK-NOME-01150\"<\/a>It’s been a busy year. After writing two books, the second of which comes out in October,<\/a> working with a developer on my two new iOS apps, planning and shooting my upcoming video instructional photography course, which comes out Sept. 21<\/a>, plus all the workshops and everything else, it’s time for a vacation.<\/p>\n

It’s time for a bike trip. A long one. Earlier this summer, I took four short bikepacking trips out to the Knik Glacier<\/a>, along the Oregon coast, the Denali Higway and the Nome-Teller road, but now it’s time for the real deal. We’re talking plane ticket, passport and a country where English isn’t the regular language.<\/p>\n

For me, that place is Romania. Transylvania, to be exact. A month-long bikepacking and mountain biking adventures in the heart of the Carpathian Mountains, the land of forests, fortified Saxon castles, vampires, and, oddly enough, lots of brown bears<\/a>. Sure, I know what you’re thinking. Don’t I have my fill of brown bears in Alaska? Well, yes. I didn’t exactly plan it this way, that’s just an odd coincidence.<\/p>\n

I leave tomorrow morning, and here’s what I’m taking:<\/p>\n