Getting Ready for Chile & Argentina

It is one week until Dave and Deniece Korzekwa and I head out on our biking trip in South America. We have ridden together in Czech Republic, Spain, and Tasmania, but this will be the first trip for any of the three of us in SA. We fly to Santiago then to Puerto Montt and ride east and north across the Andes into Argentina through the Lake District. We understand there will be volcanoes and lakes and views and beer and wine and good food. I am pretty sure that none of us really want to wait.

Our previous trips have all been self-guided where we get maps and the company sets up hotels/inns and moves our luggage each day. This time around we have a guide, which means we also have a sag wagon if any of us wimp out and would rather be carried along by chariot rather than our own two feet. Deniece found the tour operator on line--Saddle Skedaddle. You can find a few photos and a short description at
https://www.skedaddle.co.uk/cycling/holiday/Cycling_Holidays/Chile__Argentina_Lake_District_-_Cycling_Holiday/4/view.rails

I must admit that I have nowhere near enough riding in to be ready for this trip. We have gone to Albuquerque a couple times to ride the Bosque Trail and today we are doing the ride-eat-ride training to the Tesuque Village Market (did manage to get tire changing practice today--twice). But I cannot claim a pile of adequate seat time. Good thing that there are no huge long days on the itinerary. I am very much looking forward to being able to casually stroll and see the scenery. If only we could make this week go faster.



Thinking of bikes rides in the past.

- UnclePhool, Dave, and Deniece

Location:Los Alamos NM USA