Patagonia, Pt.vii

The last few days have been cold, rainy, windy… not today. It was perfect when I left, just about 14c. That climbed to nearly 28c (!) as the day went on. Mucho calor. Just so you can follow along it’s nearly 82F out right now.

It’s so hot that I shed my jacket after dropping stuff at the hotel before heading back for lunch and fuel.

By the way, I’m writing this as I have lunch in a little cafe in Los Antiguos, Argentina. Just over the border from Chile. Staying here tonight as well.

Anyways, the road today sucked. So washboarded. Slow going most of the day. It sort of snaked along the lake, which is beautiful, before climbing onto the plains.

The scenery changed SO much! I nearly felt like I was in the Southwest back home. Amazing rock formations. Totally different that anything up to now.

I met a group from Brazil that was traveling north to my south. The Dragoes Do Vale Moto Clube! Really friendly. We swapped some intel. I got stuck in some gravel. They pushed me out and probably laughed at me.

The road looked better, but man it took a while for it to actually improve. Once it turned to beautiful, fast road the wind kicked up something fierce. Of course it did. Apparently the next few days will be brutal. Wahoo!!

Anyways, nothing major to report today. Other than lunch today is a giant piece of grilled chicken and some fries. Yum.

Edit, I lied! One last thing. Didn’t get an exit stamp in my passport from Chile, but everything else is good. I should be fine. We shall see next year.

Bye for now,
Ryan

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Edit: Dave… today was like the rough parts of Rim, including the cuts through the massive rocks, but with better scenery.

Also, the lake is now called Lake Buenos Aires. But just this end. The end in Argentina.