Day 65

42,319 – 42,369     50 Miles today (19,669 Miles Overall)

Bariloche, Argentina

First thing this morning was to get my ass down to western union and get some money which I did. Breakfast came after. Delicious. I went shopping in the town for some xmas gifts and just walked around a bunch enjoying the town and the lake it’s on. Lars and I did some bike maintenance. I cleaned and tightened my chain, moved my GPS tracker under the panels since the mechanic turned it off and put it in the wrong spot. My top box is rattling apart with all the bumps and off-roading so I tried to fix it and we will see if the pads under it hold up for a bit.

I did a light workout on the grass at the hostel and waited a few hours for Lars to get done with a phone call and we went for a ride to Patagonia Brewing Co. We got a steak burger with two cups of beer and fucking christ was I in heaven. We hung out on the mountain side and enjoyed the view of Patagonia while drinking our beer and eating our burger. Life couldn’t be any better. After we left we went for a loop around this nice road at the end of Bariloche. I lost Lars quite quickly and decided to do my own ride. About 20 minutes later I stopped for ice cream and decided to wait by the road for Lars to drive by but he never showed up. He texted me that he found a classic car show so I rode bak to go see him and the car show. He ended up giving a female hitchhiker a ride back to Bariloche on the back of his bike with no helmet on! Hah

I got back to town, showered and waited out front of a restaurant many people raved about. After the meal I was pretty disappointed. Back at the hostel I went to work on the blog and listen to live music until pretty late in the night.