Octogenarian Odyssey

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Oct 12

Since southern Bolivia, we have been riding along side multi-colored mountains and through amazing canyons and witnessing strange and exotic rock formations. Yesterday’s ride was no exception as we followed a semi-dry river upstream for 80k of the 130k ride. We...

Oct 9

It was just a short ride today as we had to ride through Salta, a city of around 800,000, to find a Western Union. The WU had a line that would take at least an hour to reach the front. The second place only had 14 people in front of me. Western Union is the preferred...

Oct 8

Octoodyssey is now well into Argentina, and we have noticed some different things. When we crossed the border, the fields were all fenced; often, there were eight large garbage containers just off the road, and people were leaving their garbage in the containers...

Oct 5

Unfortunately, my friends, this might be a little long. Yesterday, we left Tupiza, an exciting city in Bolivia. We had only gone one kilometer when Bernice got a flat. After replacing the tube, we were on our way again. Three kilometers later, we came to a protest,...
incredible adventure

incredible adventure

Oh boy, let me tell you about this incredible adventure I had!  Picture this: six countries, five months, and five days of pure excitement. From mountains to wind, cold to rain, sand to traffic, I experienced it all. But you know what? The scenery was absolutely...