Rio Gallegos
We woke up to rain and decided we would rather just sleep in the cozy blankets then freeze our buns off fighting rain, dirt roads, and a stomach churning ferry ride to Tierra del Fuego today. We got out of bed at 9:59am so we could take advantage of the free breakfast (served until 10).
We spent the rest of the morning reviewing the rest of our south America trip. We’ve got about 5 weeks before we fly to New Zealand and we have a lot of places we want to still see in Argentina and Chile. It sounds like a lot of time, but when we went over the map, we won’t be able to see it all, and will be riding quite a few more miles. Just because we are two days away from the end of the road doesn’t mean the adventure is over!
We got a lunch recommendation and we went for it, big time. Amie had a giant steak, I had sea bass, wine too for $20. Lets see… not much else to report. We spent some time online, Amie burned cds to back up the last months fotos. I went out to find a place I could change Yoshita’s oil and get the bashplate fixed (broke again, this time in two places).
The place that sold us the oil let me change it out right in front of the store as long as I didn’t make a mess. For those who know me, I usually can’t help but make a mess, so this time I was extra careful. Changing your oil outside when the wind is howling is not very easy to do precisely or neatly. BUT, I thought ahead, found a large cardboard box that I jammed under the bike running pretty much 2 feet in every direction of the drain plug and filter. Once I pulled the filter off the wind kicked up and oil shot out horizontal instead of vertical spraying the side of the box. Boy am I glad I had the box.
Next I drove around looking for someone who could weld aluminium. I found a place, a motorcycle shop with an amazing service center; I would have photographed the place if I had the camera with me. It was a dream shop. Anyway, they charged me $50 and weren’t very friendly, but I got the bashplate fixed and reinstalled. Lets see how long it lasts.
There is a bakery around the corner that is fantastic. There are 6-7 bakers in the back baking all day long and the storefront is always packed. We took our number and then ordered up all kinds of goodies. Chicken, beef and ham & cheese empenadas, croissant sandwiches, apple fritters, chocolate cakes, macaroons, all kinds of stuff. The hotel heated up our empenadas for us and we had a baked goods picnic in our hotel room.
We got to get serious about hitting the road tomorrow so its early to bed for us. Say a prayer its not raining in the morning…
We spent the rest of the morning reviewing the rest of our south America trip. We’ve got about 5 weeks before we fly to New Zealand and we have a lot of places we want to still see in Argentina and Chile. It sounds like a lot of time, but when we went over the map, we won’t be able to see it all, and will be riding quite a few more miles. Just because we are two days away from the end of the road doesn’t mean the adventure is over!
We got a lunch recommendation and we went for it, big time. Amie had a giant steak, I had sea bass, wine too for $20. Lets see… not much else to report. We spent some time online, Amie burned cds to back up the last months fotos. I went out to find a place I could change Yoshita’s oil and get the bashplate fixed (broke again, this time in two places).
The place that sold us the oil let me change it out right in front of the store as long as I didn’t make a mess. For those who know me, I usually can’t help but make a mess, so this time I was extra careful. Changing your oil outside when the wind is howling is not very easy to do precisely or neatly. BUT, I thought ahead, found a large cardboard box that I jammed under the bike running pretty much 2 feet in every direction of the drain plug and filter. Once I pulled the filter off the wind kicked up and oil shot out horizontal instead of vertical spraying the side of the box. Boy am I glad I had the box.
Next I drove around looking for someone who could weld aluminium. I found a place, a motorcycle shop with an amazing service center; I would have photographed the place if I had the camera with me. It was a dream shop. Anyway, they charged me $50 and weren’t very friendly, but I got the bashplate fixed and reinstalled. Lets see how long it lasts.
There is a bakery around the corner that is fantastic. There are 6-7 bakers in the back baking all day long and the storefront is always packed. We took our number and then ordered up all kinds of goodies. Chicken, beef and ham & cheese empenadas, croissant sandwiches, apple fritters, chocolate cakes, macaroons, all kinds of stuff. The hotel heated up our empenadas for us and we had a baked goods picnic in our hotel room.
We got to get serious about hitting the road tomorrow so its early to bed for us. Say a prayer its not raining in the morning…
Oil change!
One of each please...
Lots of little cakes
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