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Sunday, January 26, 2014

Park National Day 44 Jan 22 14

 

daysnational park Jan23 14 005 . national park Jan23 14 006 A couple back packers we met. This young lady from Vancouver took a leave of absence to do a couple month trip and he quit his job in Seatle to join her. Her family lives in Toronto and has a cottage in Dorset On only a few miles from where I live…small world…. eh.

It was sunny when we awoke this am and it gave us an opportunity to dry out our stuff……….we hit the road about 11am…first stopping to get some food at the small market in the village.national park Jan23 14 013 national park Jan23 14 012 They had a tent set up for sale reduced from 850 pesos to 750 pesos…about 125.00 US…….after spending the last 2 nights in cramped wet conditions…we bartered or at least Antonio did……8.5 pesos to the US dollar….so I exchanged 100.00 US…got the tent and 100 pesos change.. Tonight I AM ONE HAPPY CAMPER….You may have noticed the black plastic around the tents……apparently they have a plague of sorts that has killed a few people and is borne by rats or mice……these rings of plastic help keep them away from you.national park Jan23 14 034 Tourism in these parts is off as a result of this FEAR. I didn’t have this protection the previous 2 nights and had to make noises through the night to shoe them away as sworms could be heard making their way towards me…….maybe that was a dream…lol.

Made an adjustment to my saddlebags which have been  awkward on the bike….my hockey bag now protects them and is the saddle over the rear seat with by dry bag on top…..this allows me a bit more comfort in that i am not as far forward. THE bike covewr which I used like a rain jacket over the bags before is full of holes…mostly burns from the exhaust. I had bought ladder holders which supported the bags previously and taped these to the rear carrier and hanging down to keep the bag away from the exhaust….it works…national park Jan23 14 010 national park Jan23 14 011   ………………………………………….

Scenes in our 40k journey todaynational park Jan23 14 007 national park Jan23 14 009  national park Jan23 14 014 national park Jan23 14 015 national park Jan23 14 017 national park Jan23 14 019 national park Jan23 14 021 national park Jan23 14 024 national park Jan23 14 026 national park Jan23 14 027 national park Jan23 14 030 national park Jan23 14 032 national park Jan23 14 031  national park Jan23 14 033 entering tonight’s camp..70 pesos’

national park Jan23 14 038 national park Jan23 14 037 national park Jan23 14 035 view from my tentnational park Jan23 14 036 looking up river

national park Jan23 14 039 might be a Robin from Muskoka…he was hanging around my tent…

unable to post tonoght…no wi fi……ma\y try to reach BARILOCHE tomorrow…….

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  1. James TelfordJanuary 29, 2014 at 1:57 PM

    The scenery is outrageous. This looks like the prettiest part of the journey so far.

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