Mountainous Dirt Road in Italy We decided to turn to the south at Malesco because this route would allow us to travel along Lake Maggiore for a short distance. After 2 or 3 miles it turned into a dirt road, about 1 1/2 car widths wide, and I was afraid that we had gotten on the wrong road. The road twisted and turned its torturous way up and down mountains, through gorges, over streams to the little Italian villages. Often we could see the road in several places across the valley. June 9, 1967

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View of Village 15 Minutes Away Several times we would see a village and then be amazed at how long it took us to get to it on the tiny mountain road. This time we decided to time it, and it took us 15 minutes to wind around the switchbacks to get to the houses shown. With houses as apparently ancient and isolated as these, we wondered about their history. You could envision them as some sort of inns or waystations for persons who took several days to get across these mountains in ages past. The road twisted and turned its torturous way up and down mountains, through gorges, over streams to the little Italian villages. Often we could see the road in several places across the valley. June 9, 1967

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Switchback on Italian Road We decided to turn to the south at Malesco because this route would allow us to travel along Lake Maggiore for a short distance. After 2 or 3 miles it turned into a dirt road, about 1 1/2 car widths wide, and I was afraid that we had gotten on the wrong road. The road twisted and turned its torturous way up and down mountains, through gorges, over streams to the little Italian villages. Often we could see the road in several places across the valley. June 9, 1967

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Switchback on Italian Road Our Morris Oxford on the tight switchback. The fact that the steering wheel was on the right made the mountain driving even more interesting. The road twisted and turned its torturous way up and down mountains, through gorges, over streams to the little Italian villages. Often we could see the road in several places across the valley. June 9, 1967 To Lake Maggiore	Index Daily log
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