PowerCycle

Still here in Malargue for no reason really. I’ve come to the conclusion that my distain for Argentina is because it cheated me out of a vacation. I haven’t had a decent break since July when I was in Cusco. I’d been planning on taking a week off in Salta but that was a big fail. The couple short three/four day breaks since then weren’t long enough and taking time off from riding here isn’t relaxing. There’s no point in worrying about it now because I’m stuck here for at least another 2 months.

Speaking of being stuck here I’ve changed my plans, again. I’m not going to cross over in Chile just yet. I’ll stay in Argentina and cross over in a couple weeks. The route in Chile sounds boring as hell this far up north which isn’t a good incentive for climbing up and over the Andes just to see a lake when I’ll be seeing plenty of them soon enough. The winds haven’t been bad for the last few days either which would have been my other reason for heading over.

Hostel Nahual wants to be my friend on Facebook. This is the place I stayed a few days ago in San Rafael. I immediately pulled up what I wrote about it on my web site. Thankfully the only negative thing I said was that the dog is stupid. They all are so it wasn’t like I was singling it out. It kind of caught me off guard because I barely spoke to anyone there.

I heard some good news and bad news today. The good news is that a great guy that I used to work with back in my past life gave his notice and is moving on after 16 years with the same company (he survived many mergers/acquisitions until the current entity took over in 2007). I don’t want to say too much about it but I couldn’t be happier for him.

The other news happened like a year ago but I just read about it tonight (while researching kickstands). This couple that’s been riding around the world for 9 years together got divorced. The thing that I just don’t get at all is when he said, “I never saw any of this coming.” How is that even possible? When you are riding with someone you are with them 24/7. Literally. They are rarely more than 10 feet away from you all the time. There must have been signs. Guys can be pretty clueless and that’s the only thing that makes sense. The women I know don’t exactly keep it a secret when they are pissed off at me for something. It’s sad though just because of how crushing it must be for both of them having been so close for so long. He’s going to keep riding I guess. My hat is off (again) to my friends Karin and Marten who have been over many ups and downs together yet still remain best of friends.

Back on the road tomorrow.