The road from Cuzco to Lima was not easy in many ways. For starters, it would take us over some of our highest altitude mountain passes yet. There would be long, tedious climbs that would last for 60 kilometers or more. We had been off of our bikes for more than two weeks, so we...
After the work of hiking the Inca Trail, we decided to take a trip to the Amazon Rain Forest for the rest of our family time together. What’s a trip to South America without some time in the jungle? It was such a treat to have all five of us together–Sarah and Patrick, Uncle Charlie,...
We survived the Inca Trail! For months, we have looked forward to this fantastic reunion planned with my (Bethany) sister Sarah and her husband Patrick. We booked our hike back in January and for months, Dave and I have been riding with anticipation toward this time with family. It´s really impossible to sum up the...
We pedaled our way through Bolivia into its beautiful capital city of La Paz. Our first view of the city was absolutely spectacular. We came in via “El Alto,” which is the high plain and expanding settlement of the city. But La Paz itself is tucked into an enormous valley, with houses and buildings spilling...
On the top of the “must-see” list for Bolivia is the Salar de Uyuni. This spectacular white desert attracts hundreds of visitors each day, and it wasn’t hard for us to see why. The salar is the largest salt flat in the world, measuring more than 10,500 square kilometers. Our ideal plan included riding across...
Our last week of riding in northern Argentina afforded us fantastic scenery as we made our way up, up, up to the high altitude of Bolivia. Over the course of 300 kilometers, we gained 2500 meters above the 1500 where we had been riding for most of the last month. That put us close to...
