Val Gardena with a motorhome - when things don't go as planned

Improvising is part of travelling, even if you don't have a motorhome. Sometimes things don't turn out the way you planned, but it can be great anyway.
Like when Hurricane Odile got us stuck in Mexico in the far south of the Californian peninsula. After a few days, there was a completely unplanned bus trip to La Paz a little further north, where the hurricane had not hit quite as hard. There we got a wonderful week almost completely without other tourists, as we swam with sea lions before we could get out of the country. For this reason, we missed the planned Hawaii trip, but what did it matter? Hawaii was still there and we went there six months later instead.
Another time we tried to escape the rain while camping in northern France (apparently too close to England 😉 ) and ended up in northern Spain instead. As an extra spice on the mash, there was a petrol strike when we would drive home again, so we ended up a few days on Ile de Ré waiting for petrol to come into the pumps again. Also unplanned, but a wonderful experience.
Well, yes. Sometimes you have to improvise, and most of the time it turns out just fine. No need to complain - better to enjoy and make the best of the new situation that has arisen 🙂.

Hope you avoid the rain now! (Just the opposite of what I write to those who remain in fire-ravaged Sweden...)

Val Gardena makes me think of alpine skiing.
When I read about the pouring rain, I get a little jealous as it is exactly what we would need here at home.

When the owners and I were in Croatia last time, I also had to leave on a public holiday, then we came up with a holiday exchange day. Half of Austria was closed due to the visit of Putin and there they warned of queues. Then my smart owners choose to take another way out, a little north. Only that this way, everyone else had chosen too. Just entered Austria at midnight and then it was to find the first best place to sleep. Did not come many miles that day so it was good and lucky that I had a week to take the owners through Germany.

Please send us some rain! Looks like the wet has been unevenly distributed, falling mostly in southern Europe and causing flooding. And up here it's dry as a bone and the forests are burning. Luckily we have been able to borrow Italian aeroplanes for firefighting.

This summer will probably break the rain record in the Alps/Dolomites, it feels like. We had to redirect our entire trip because of the rain there. Had thought of more resorts than what it now became. But luckily there is still 🙂

I have visited the Val Gardena area in the winter so it was fun to take some summer pictures from here.
I visited Valpolicella in September and it was a successful visit. I hope this will be one for you as well.
Yes, improvisation is important and being flexible. Remember when we were in Cairns and had visited the Barrier Reef for a few days, we didn't think we needed to stay there anymore. (Having travelled around Australia for two weeks) In two hours we rebooked and went to Bali (perfect then with rebookable tickets).
Looking forward to more from Valpolicella

Queues are something you want to avoid, but if you find yourself in one, you just have to deal with it...
That you got to stay an extra day before wine shopping is quite nice when you are out for a long time. A day is sometimes needed to catch up, maybe do some laundry and fix the motorhome, or just relax. It sounds like you have a fairly dense programme on the other days ....

No, how boring with lots of queues, pouring rain and poor service. I'm glad that it seemed to work out in the end.

Yes, you've been there when things don't turn out the way you planned. When we arrived in Sardinia in 2016, the journey from the airport to the accommodation took much longer than we expected: about three hours extra! We got lost due to unmarked roadworks, in the dark with no street lights. In fact, it was a nightmare. Arrived late at night ...

Queues are boring, but what can you do at this time of year, usually you just have to wait and hope it will go away soon.
Otherwise, it is so nice to travel around the Alps in the summer, sometimes you end up above the clouds and see nothing or you have the whole nature in front of you, with all that it can offer.
Hope you have time to hike a bit so you can really feel the Alpine feeling!

Hi, mate. Sorry you had a bad experience. We are here in Val Gardena right now, but drove over Passo Gardena, 2.100 m (excitingly worse), ie we are in the next valley, which apparently also counts to Val Gardeba. Now standing at the fine Camping Colfosco and have gone on an absolutely incomparably beautiful hike. Like walking in a postcard, with flowering meadows and the massive Dolomites as a background. Had great weather today (too) and looks like it will be nice tomorrow as we will hike from Badia to the pilgrimage church La Crusc, via the snow cave, and back. If you plan to go back, go here, I wish I could share pictures so you can see how nice it is. Wishing you a continued great journey.