Hello all, It’s been a while since I’ve published any news or stories about the “adventures” in my life, but that’s all about to change. You see, in just 19 days I’ll be embarking on the next adventure, a trip from CA to South Carolina. The trip will crisscross the country, and is expected to […]
Category: 2014 Patagonia Tour
South America – Come on down… Today I had a chance to make my way over to the East Bay to visit one of my favorite places, Adventure Designs, located in Hayward, CA. As they often do, Adventure Designs opened up their shop on a Saturday so that some friends, and world travelers could share […]
What I learned on this journey – Pt. 2 In the first epilogue, I talked about a few topics that seemed most relevant, now, I’ve got a few more that fellow travelers may also find useful, or maybe not. But, in any case, you can’t stop me. Packing When you’re packing to go on a […]
What I learned on this journey Over the course of this ride I learned a few things about motorcycles, about Patagonia, about adventure travel, and about myself (among other things). I thought that it might be helpful to break down all of these sage bits of wisdom into two posts, and include a few topics […]
Date: 11/28/2014 (Friday) Starting Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Ending Location: San Francisco, CA Miles Logged Today: 0Miles on motorcycle Total Miles: 2313 miles Morning Breakfast Finally, a much more normal breakfast… We were given eggs, fried ham, potatoes, and a host of other delicious items. It seems that Buenos Aires is no longer a city […]
Date: 11/27/2014 Thursday (Thanksgiving) Starting Location: Ushuaia, Argentina Ending Locatiolayed by 1 hour so we arrived at 1:00 AM n: Buenos Aires, Argentina (All riding done in and around Ushuaia) Mileage Today: 0 Miles (Actually, the trip to Buenos Aires is about 2800 Km by air) Mileage Total: 2313 miles Breakfast Admittedly, the allure of […]
Date: 11/26/2014 Wednesday Starting Location: Ushuaia, Argentina Ending Location: Ushuaia, Argentina (All riding done in and around Ushuaia) Mileage Today: 50 Miles Mileage Total: 2313 miles Breakfast Finally, a decent breakfast. By decent breakfast, I mean eggs and hot dogs. That’s right, they don’t know what sausages are, so they substitute hot dogs for the […]
Date: 11/25/2014 Tuesday Starting Location: Cerro Sombrero, Chile Ending Location: Ushuaia, Argentina Mileage Today: 263.4 Miles Mileage Total: 2263.7 miles Leaving Cerro Sombrero Our morning ritual of getting ready to go, and then, eventually, actually getting on the bikes and going. On this morning, we had a brief delay as we had lost Jay. I […]
Date: 11/24/2014 Monday Starting Location: Torres del Paine, Chile Ending Location: Cerro Sombrero, Chile Mileage Today: 275.6 Miles Mileage Total: 2000.3 miles Breakfast – Torres del Paine On this day, we were able to negotiate with the staff to have a special breakfast setup for us, available for us to enjoy at 6:00 AM. The […]
Date: 11/23/2014 Sunday Starting Location: Torres del Paine, Chile Intermediate Location: Porto Natales, Chile Ending Location: Torres del Paine, Chile Mileage Today: 0 Miles (All exploring done in pickup truck) Mileage Total: 1845.3 miles Our little road trip to Porto Natales Desperate to get some adequate Internet access, I decided to accompany Alain to Porto […]