To El Bolson<\/p>\n
The trip up hasn\u2019t been easy; but there are definite rewards. We cleared our heavy goal today: 8:30 AM to 7:30 PM, with a break for lunch. Wind, again. A small gravel section during road construction. Tiredness. Soreness.<\/p>\n
But also, we made friends at lunch – we shared a fantastic couple hours chatting about the road; they\u2019re from Canada, doing our trip in reverse on two BMWs.<\/p>\n
And when I was most tired, we stopped for a break, and the road yeilded a wild blackberry bush, with a handful of sweet, tart, juicy, sun-ripened berries.<\/p>\n
And at the end, we\u2019re here in El Bolson, eating roast chicken on a terrace in twilight, the mountains looming over us. I found a new tire for the motorcycle – my back tire is getting more worn each day, to the point I\u2019m relieved when cornering to be on a treaded area instead of further wearing the flats – so tomorrow I\u2019ll have less worries.<\/p>\n
Today was hard, and beautiful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
To El Bolson The trip up hasn\u2019t been easy; but there are definite rewards. We cleared our heavy goal today: 8:30 AM to 7:30 PM, with a break for lunch. Wind, again. A small gravel section during road construction. Tiredness. Soreness. But also, we made friends at lunch – we shared a fantastic couple hours … <\/p>\n