22 February 2018 – I’m planning on riding from Antofagasta
to Caldera / Copiapo and maybe as far Vellenar today. It depends on how the day
goes and the road conditions. Well, all my best laid intentions went awry. I
was hoping to leave by 7 or 8 a.m. but didn’t get rolling till after 10:30 in
the morning. It was a nice cool morning and all day never really got over 85
Degrees / 29 Degrees Celsius. There was nothing but a lot of worn down
mountains and brown sand. In the big scheme of things, the whole landscape and
mountains are very beautiful. The usual dead car bodies dotted the land scape.
They came in all kinds of shapes and were well mangled. Some were burned and
they all for sure were dead.
I stopped for gas even though I didn’t need it. I
can only tell you that desert is some very lonely country and the thought of
setting out in that desert without gas is very scary thought. I met Alex in
that gas station and he told me all the places I should visit while I was in
Chile. I could easily spend a month alone checking out what he recommended. He
owns some kind of a motorcycle customizing shop and recommended I stop by. If I
needed anything on my motorcycle repaired or fixed he could help me out with
it. He gave me his number told me to give him a call and he continued on his
way.
Blanche guided me right into my hotel. Actually, right to
the door step. My new system with Blanche works well but is very time tedious
and time consuming. You also have to use the internet to get Blanche spot on.
Most every hotel has Wi-Fi so it is not always a problem. I was very tired
after today’s ride and I didn’t get to bed before 1:30 a.m. in the morning. I
was working on my route with Blanche and finding a place to stay for the night.
That can keep you working a couple of hours. I went to sleep pretty sure I
wouldn’t be on the road tomorrow.
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