Riding to Patagonia

[duccarlos]

At least you didn't have to fight an Alpaca

they spit

[Monsterlover]

1.21GW is a worldly man now. He can handle himself.

[1.21GW]

they spit

I'm an expert flatulater so we both have our unique offense.  I imagine it'd be a draw.

[ducpainter]

I'm an expert flatulater so we both have our unique offense.  I imagine it'd be a draw.

That's unique?

[1.21GW]

Jumping ahead for a moment:

Was riding from the wine region of Argentina towards Cordoba and decided to spend the night in a nice valley called Tafi del Valle.  It was really windy and hot, probably high 80s F, and very dry desert climate when I arrived.  So I decided to take advantage of the nice weather and found a campground.  I went to town for a snack and to buy some food for a late dinner, and when I returned I noticed an enormous rush of clouds passing over the surrounding ridges and flowing over the lake.  It was like a dam had burst, the clouds were moving so quickly.  They smacked into the mountain on the far side of the lake and created a big billowing cumulous that rose up and puffed like an angry bear.  I'd never seen anything like it before.





http://youtu.be/xAz4qZXqykk






At that point the temperature was dropping rapidly and by the time I awoke the following day my tent was crusted with a layer of ice.  The whole valley was dusting with snow and so I had to ride (very slowly) through sleet and slush to my next destination.  All the while I kept picturing that scene in Motorcycle Diaries when the two protagonists are riding in the thick snow and have to push the bike, but also the scene from Dumb & Dumber when they ride to Colorado and Jim Carey has the snot-cicles hanging from his nose!  












Anyway, I frequently stopped to warm my hands in the exhaust.  Even found a nice shack along the way with a fire and hot chocolate.  Conclusion: I love snowy mountains, but hating riding through them.














Oh, and all those signs in the US that say "Bridge Freezes Before Road"...well, finally in my 39th year I figured out exactly what that means.

[1.21GW]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uM5puvES98

[lethe]

Yeah, I have a friend in Santiago, Chile and she sent me pics of the snow in the city and told me of the chaos it was causing as it was such a rare event.....so look what kind of luck you are bringing down with you, did Crazlo pack a voodoo doll in your bag?

[DarkMonster620]

Yeah, I have a friend in Santiago, Chile and she sent me pics of the snow in the city and told me of the chaos it was causing as it was such a rare event.....so look what kind of luck you are bringing down with you, did Crazlo pack a voodoo doll in your bag?

NO I didn't . . . I gave him food and the alternate tour . . . I cooked for him . . .

[1.21GW]

Voodoo doll wouldn't work.  I'm a human good luck charm.   Spent a week in Panama and it only rained once.  That has to be a record.

NO I didn't . . . I gave him food and the alternate tour . . . I cooked for him . . .

Indeed.  And I haven't had bacon since.  South America is bereft of proper bacon. 

[DarkMonster620]

and the rain WAS OFF SEASON !!!!

NO BACON!!!!!

THAT'S WHY YOU ARE GOING NUTS

[lethe]

Voodoo doll wouldn't work.  I'm a human good luck charm.   Spent a week in Panama and it only rained once.  That has to be a record.

Indeed.  And I haven't had bacon since.  South America is bereft of proper bacon. 

Weird, they ship boatloads south...must be somewhere in between that it gets intercepted.

[ducpainter]

and the rain WAS OFF SEASON !!!!

NO BACON!!!!!

THAT'S WHY YOU ARE GOING NUTS

He was make the beast with two backsing nuts long before he left for South America...

just sayin'.

[DarkMonster620]

Weird, they ship boatloads south...must be somewhere in between that it gets intercepted.

good conspiracy theory here

[1.21GW]

He was make the beast with two backsing nuts long before he left for South America...

just sayin'.

Where is all this nuts talk coming from?  I was never informed.

[ducpainter]

Where is all this nuts talk coming from?  I was never informed.

Look in the mirror.

edit...it's not like being that is a bad thing.

I actually admire it.