We kept with our up-at-5:30, out-at-8am cadence, this time because we did have a long day ahead. And it started right off the bat with a huffer, an 800-foot climb out of the city of Constitución, the 2nd-largest city we would pass through on the coast of central Chile. That size meant that there was… Read more…

We were up at 5:30am, not because the day was expected to be particularly long or challenging, but because we had the opportunity to keep ahead of things on this 5-day push. At our AirBNB just a couple blocks from the ocean it was again foggy enough for water to be dripping off the rooftop… Read more…

We had a “short day” today so we made the most of our most-expensive lodging in South America and didn’t roll out until 10:45am (that expensive lodging was without electricity for most of the night and well into the morning, but the gas stove worked and the water worked, so it barely affected us). We’d… Read more…

Pichilemu hadn’t seemed big enough to support my theory of big-city long-weekenders being responsible for all the aggressive drivers that had sped past us on our way into town. But on our way out heading south, the road stayed down near the beach for several miles, and the whole way was lined with vacation rentals… Read more…

Our fourth consecutive ride out from Valparaiso was our fourth consecutive day with a pedaling time near four hours, which is at the higher end of what we would prefer to average. Thus, it led to a planned rest-day, with the expectation that it would be an opportunity to assess the challenges that this new… Read more…

The cute brown box we slept in was a rare AirBNB for us without a kitchen, but last night we assembled our no-cook Greek Salad, since the grocery store had feta cheese (and olives in bags, but I had to pit them manually, a task more difficult than I’d assumed). Then this morning it was… Read more…