Villa la Angostura to Junin de los Andes, 180 miles
Mike woke up to the alarm as it was regimen time with Adam before we parted our ways. At 8:30 the boys were out back of the hostel doing their list of various pushups and pull-ups. I packed up.
It was sad to part ways with Adam. We had a great few days with him, and it was tough to leave without knowing we will see him again on the road further ahead. He is going south towards Ushuaia, and we are going up North towards Santiago where we will be leaving South America. It was a shame we didn’t get anymore time riding with him in South America, although I am just lucky for the last week relaxing in the Lake District with him; good times.
We headed out on the paved road which we’d already ridden on our way into Bariloche originally, and continued on up route 40 through the beautiful lakes, forests and rocky mountains. Nice scenery although both Mike and I felt a bit sleepy. Maybe we were getting too used to not riding with all the downtime we’ve had the last few days…
We originally hoped to get to a town off 40 about 115 miles further than we had ridden, but once we hit the intersection to either go to our last chance at the lake district quaint towns or press on to an unknown city off route 40, we chose to end the day earlier and enjoy more of what this lovely district has to offer. We didn’t quite ride the whole way to San Martin de los Andes, but stopped just 40 miles short at Junin de los Andes. It is a town known for its trout fishing, small and quaint. The trout is delicious! Empanadas delicious and already we are feeling the price of food going down; we love it. Empanada at lunch was 30 cents, can’t beat that.
We have a nice sanctuary hotel room tonight which we have fully utilized by a long nap and lounging on the large comfy bed.
How many lakes are on the "Seven Lakes Route"?
Mike in "time out" (punishment for driving too fast)
It was sad to part ways with Adam. We had a great few days with him, and it was tough to leave without knowing we will see him again on the road further ahead. He is going south towards Ushuaia, and we are going up North towards Santiago where we will be leaving South America. It was a shame we didn’t get anymore time riding with him in South America, although I am just lucky for the last week relaxing in the Lake District with him; good times.
We headed out on the paved road which we’d already ridden on our way into Bariloche originally, and continued on up route 40 through the beautiful lakes, forests and rocky mountains. Nice scenery although both Mike and I felt a bit sleepy. Maybe we were getting too used to not riding with all the downtime we’ve had the last few days…
We originally hoped to get to a town off 40 about 115 miles further than we had ridden, but once we hit the intersection to either go to our last chance at the lake district quaint towns or press on to an unknown city off route 40, we chose to end the day earlier and enjoy more of what this lovely district has to offer. We didn’t quite ride the whole way to San Martin de los Andes, but stopped just 40 miles short at Junin de los Andes. It is a town known for its trout fishing, small and quaint. The trout is delicious! Empanadas delicious and already we are feeling the price of food going down; we love it. Empanada at lunch was 30 cents, can’t beat that.
We have a nice sanctuary hotel room tonight which we have fully utilized by a long nap and lounging on the large comfy bed.
So long baby face
On the road again, in the land o' lakes
How many lakes are on the "Seven Lakes Route"?
Mike in "time out" (punishment for driving too fast)
posted by Pedro and Maria at 1:49 PM
2 Comments:
The beards gone! Say it aint so! Love the John Henry reference ... Da Beards!!!
i love the time out picture! alien on time out.
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