Tres Cerros to Rio Gallegos Day 32 Jan 10 14

 

Feeling guilty after a poor effort yesterday, I was on the road by 6.40 am…skipping breakfast. The morning was pleasant with the sun out though the temps were a bit nippy…….the landscape, mostly flat and barren except for sheep, emu and al pacas…..not to mention small low shrubs trying to avoid the ever present wind. The bike spooks them and they run………having no problem jumping the fence along the road………..the emu are even faster….so no pics of them.

Stopped in Puerito San Julian to get some cash, fuel, and ROCK. Diane the next pics are taken near the spot on shore that I picked it up. See the Bay to the left….this is real Atlantic waters…….with a PIRATE SHIP…..  Not sure what the tablet says but your rock is just below the bust……….next stone will be from the Magellan Strait and then Ushuaia….the end of the road, closest to Antarctica.

Distance covered today at an average speed of 52 k and a top speed of 102 k per the GPS was 300k over 11 hrs. Man this is tough slugging in even a mild wind…..certainly not the 43 miles per hr on Ruta 40 when I turned back………The bike cruises easily in the mid nineties without the wind…….with the wind it struggles to do 1/2 that…….

To night I am next to the Atlantic in the small city of Rio Gallegos. In a very old hotel at 300.00 pesos with a shared bathroom……Looks like it once looked out into the outdoors before they added more rooms and the hall….I have a window and 1/2 glass door that has a view of the neighbours…..the room is taller than it is wide. The bathroom has a cool toilet from the turn of the 19th century with the water above and you pull a string to flush……its not a reproduction ……..its OLD. The original switchboard.Treated myself to 140 peso SIRLOIN STEAK DINNER and yes it was delicious…….Tomorrow I will see about a New Rear Tire depending on the weather may try to make Ushuaia with the tread that is left……..Rained for the last hour of my ride….