Stretch of pavement from San Sebastian to Ushuaia |
The only difficulty we experienced was the
temperature began to drop and we traveled through bands of rain. The terrain and environment changes several times during the trip. Here is the bike overlooking lago Fagnano as the road turns to head over the pass.
Lago Fagnano, the pass to Ushuaia is actually in this picture on the left. |
The reserve gas light came on about 40 miles
from Ushuaia, which seemed a little early because we had only traveled about 150
miles. No problem though, the reserve is
worth about 50 miles.
WE MADE IT!!! |
I took this picture of
Chuck as we arrived in Ushuaia. We found the hostel were
we staying and in the process of driving the bike up into park area, it ran out
of gas. Only 40 miles, we are getting
terrible mileage. Chuck had a little
left in his side cans so we put some in my bike to get it into the parking
area.
There was a gas line at
the filling station so we decided today wasn’t the day to fill up. We left that for a couple days later. Come to find out Ushuaia only has two gas
stations and when they run out of gas they are out. When a new shipment arrives, there is a run
on the station.
The next day we took a
tour of the Beagle Channel. This is a
picture looking at Ushuaia across a small bay in the Beagle Channel. Ushuaia got its name from the joining of the indigenous
words “Ushu” meaning at the back and “Wuaia” which means bay, cove or port.
Looking back at Ushuaia |
While
the tour was not as up close as the one in the Galapagos, it was none the less
enjoyable. We saw some islands which had
a pleathora of sea lions and cormorants and a couple penguins in the
water.
Also,
at the entrance to the bay where Ushuaia sits there is a light house that marks
the way that ships use to navigate the Straight of Magellan.
Light house guarding Ushuaia and the Strait of Magellan |
Here is
the boat we toured in, Chuck and I called it the SS Minnow. We were scheduled for four hours but because
some of the passengers were late it was more of a “three hour tour!” (some of you older guys may get that!)
SS Minnow :-) |
Our Tour Guide explaining where we are and what we are seeing |
Some of the group looking at a several hundred year old fungus ... no not Chuck :-) |
At the end of the tour they had a drawing for an Argentinian flag that the winner is supposed to take home and send a photo back to the tour company. Guess who won???
Tonight we hope to meet
Roberto and Doriano, the Italians in the city for a couple beers.
I never win anything! |
Tomorrow the “world ends!” If it does, that means no more blogs from
me. Since we are three hours ahead of
Houston, we will be gone before most of you, I will try to send a warning. If the world doesn’t end, we plan to ride to
the park in Lapataia, to take a picture of the bikes at the end of the road.
Yay! Way to go, Guys! You're half way done :)
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