Prevalje via Logarska Dolina and Panoramic Drive

Rick Steves:  "To get way, way, way off the beaten track - with gravel roads, unpasteurized milk, and the few Slovenes who still don't speak English - head to Logarski Dolina, its surrounding valleys, and the breathtaking Panoramic Road above them all."

People were living here during the last Ice Age 25,000 years ago - even today there are less than 600 people who call this rustic hidden corner home.

A brief stop at the local tourist information center to get advice and current information.

"The best walk through the valley."

Heading to the left, in hopes of a waterfall, but the valley's creek looks awfully dry.

The area is definitely lush and teaming with critters, however, so we keep up hope for a waterfall.

Thar be giants in these parts.  Okay, they're just a couple memorialized historical dudes.

Pressing onward....

This little guy followed us from the other end of the meadow, but we're able to "shake" him at this point.

After a couple hours, we're about to find out if the waterfall is water falling.  This little tavern/cafe clings to the bluffs just before the falls.

It's flowing, just barely.

Returning to the car, the same route, but at least it's downhill all the way.

Back to the valley floor meadow - it's a place where people with the means and will to live remote can't regret it.

Very reminiscent of the Half Dome of Yosemite.

Bob Ross's spirit must be here.

Location, location, location.

There are some of Bob Ross's happy little trees.

Logarska Dolina very loosely translates as "Woodman's Valley" - some of those men must live here.

The hills are alive only with the sounds of the wind - we are just a few miles from Austria, actually.

​Some simple country cooking is found at our hotel outside of Prevalje, not exactly gourmet, but fairly good.

This viaduct is just outside our lodging door - Štopars Bridge from 1863 - at a time when railroads were beginning to make great  strides in making the world smaller.