Weather & muscles.....

have conspired to give us an unexpected rest day. Rain and windchills around freezing, winds whipping the trees outside around violently as I type this, plus muscles that could use a true, no biking or hiking rest day, so here we sit. Its ok, we have the time. I did a rough estimate of days left versus mileage to get to Coihayque, Chile in time for our flight back to Santiago, and we only have to average around 30-40 km a day, or around 20-25 miles.
We are running into more and more bike tourers. Yesterday we crossed paths with a French guy, Italian, Irish, Argentine, Australia, and Switzerland riders. We stop and talk to most of them. Some real characters for sure. Our big pink tandem is notable, since it is unusual, and therefore many hear about it before we run into them.
Ok, got to go do a couple things, mostly finishing my coffee, so more later.