(December 30-31 – written by “11K Dave”) Finally, the moment you’ve been waiting for (ok, I get it, no one is really waiting for this moment, but humour me).  Who won the coveted LWOP mega mileage annual award for 2018?  A drum roll please.... The winner is none other than Mega-Mile Nancy! Yes, my minor … Continue reading Happy New Year and the winner is…

(December 28-29 – written by Dave) First the new friends. In our last blog we talked about Curtis and Jenny, the two other Alaska to Argentina cyclists that we’ve been chasing for 1.5 years.  We met them for dinner two nights ago, along with some other new friends, Willy and Isabelle – a lovely retired … Continue reading Meeting new and old friends in Punta Arenas

(December 27 – written by Dave) We did it again, that is, we did a double day.  We planned on taking two days to cover the last 150k but had some great tailwinds for the first 110k today and just couldn’t resist the smell of the barn.  We had lunch at just past noon at … Continue reading The catch – Morro Chico to Punta Arenas (148k, 26,462k/2,300ft)

(December 26 – written by Dave) We could have easily have stayed another night at our lovely AirB&B in Puerto Natales.  As Nancy accurately pointed out to me, “we never get to finish all the chores and then stay one more day”.  It always seems like there is more work to do than there is … Continue reading A strong finish – Puerto Natales to Morro Chico (103k, 26,314k/2,040ft)

(December 25 – written by Santa Dave) Just a quick note to say Merry Christmas from Puerto Natales, Chile.  We’ve had a great day here in Southern Chile.  Victor and Patty, our AirB&B hosts, invited us to join their extended family for Christmas dinner.  We of course said yes.  We already picked up food to … Continue reading Merry Christmas from LWOP in Chile

(December 23/24 – written by Dave) We’ve settled into Puerto Natales for Christmas.  Yesterday we moved into our new AirB&B apartment.  It is great.  Victor, his wife Patty and son Mattias are wonderful hosts.  Patty took a real shine to Nancy, giving her a tour of the garden.  The three of them, plus Grandma who … Continue reading Torres Del Paine National Park

(December 22 – written by Dave) Woohoo – tailwinds today.  Well, at least some tailwinds.  It wasn’t pure joy as technically the wind was coming out of the west and we were riding south.  In fact, we started out riding more west than anything so we started with pretty stiff headwinds.  As is usually the … Continue reading Tailwinds, Woohoo! – Cerro Castillo to Puerto Natales (64k, 26,211k/1,100ft)

(December 13 – written by “Just Dave”) We had a nice rest day in El Chalten.  Rest was goal one.  Getting a photo of Fitz Roy was goal two.  Otherwise, our goals were modest – haha. We didn’t wander far from our apartment.  There is a nice bakery on the first floor of our building.  … Continue reading El Chalten quick update

(December 12 – written by “Just Dave”) Today’s blog covers two days, two really hard days of riding, pushing, schlepping and falling under our bikes.  As I said, they were two hard days. I’ll start first with the ride from Villa O’Higgins to the Argentina border.  We left our hostel yesterday at about 6:40 with … Continue reading Two days of hard work – Villa O’Higgins to El Chalten (70k, 25,723k/2,500ft)