Zadar to Skradin

Zadar is quite a large town; certainly larger than what we have been used to up to this point.  We try to stay together and follow Alen until we get through town.  Of course that plan goes amok rather quickly when Terry gets one of his flats.  Terry and Alen stop to fix the flat and the rest of us proceed on through town.  We are all able to regroup again at the first coffee stop.

Today is a long day over mostly flat terrain.  And as it happens a pretty good head wind as well.  Not a very scenic day, at least not by Croatian standards.  This is also an area that saw significant action during the war so we are advised not to stray too far from the road since there is no guarantee that all land mines have been removed.  Previously we have not seen a lot of evidence of the war.  But in this area there is some.  Villages that are abandoned - their inhabitants driven away or killed.  Somewhat chilling.

We cycle on and have our usual nice lunch in Benkovac.  The flat terrain and headwinds continue after lunch. We finally make it to Skradin at just under 90 km.  Skradin is a nice little town.  Quite small.  It is mostly known as the gateway to the Krka national park which we will explore tomorrow on our off day.  I also learned from the internet that it is apparently Bill Gates favorite vacation spot (go figure).  It also has very good pizza.

Skradin town center

Skradin bell tower