News from the Bike

Well, you may have noticed that we have not had any new postings for a while. The SPOT seems to be down, maybe the mountains or cloud cover are affecting it. Not to worry, I have now heard from Woodman. As usual he gives me a loser excuse for why he isn't giving full accounts of the habit...this time it's the chair hurting him. A chair...the man has been straddling a motorized horse for six months and he's whining about a chair?? Seriously?

"i have got to keep this one short, sorry, but the chair here is killing my back and the mountains are calling. i am in guaranda, ecuador, somewhere in the andes. i am on my way today to chimborazo, the highest mountain in ecuador and the furthest mountain from the center of the earth on the planet, due to the equitorial bulge. the road goes up to nearly 15,000 ft, which is obviously cold. i have split from the group entirely….. i am on my way to cuenca tomorrow, for a couple of days and a new tire, and then into peru. love you deahl. i have got stories and soon i will write them to you--"

I took the liberty of finding a map since the gps is failing us. This should be the terrain version, pretty mountainous, I'd say.


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That's all for now, folks. We'll see what sort of adventures await Woody --- meanwhile, here in mid-May Minnesota, we'll keep enjoying our snowfall...

-- luludilly