Plaza in El Bolson
One of the locals from Villa El Chocon, Argentina
The group
On the way to Neuquen
Tue. Feb. 1, 2011
On Sunday morning the group of seven bikes left San Carlos de Bariloche and headed south for a day ride to the town of El Bolson. El Bolson is a small town known for its craft fair where local crafts people and artists sell their works in the towns plaza. The ride took approximately an hour and a half. After walking the craft show we all had lunch in a restaurant across from the plaza. Seems Like everywhere we stop, the bikes draw a crowd, and people ask all kinds of questions and want to have their picture taken with them as well. In the late afternoon we headed back to Bariloche, encountering a persistent rainfall most of the way back. The road between Bariloche and El Bolson takes you right down the middle of the Andes Mountains, so the scenery is spectacular and the road has many twists and turns that keep you very focused when riding in the rain.
Monday morning, we left Bariloche to ride to the city of Neuquen about 622 kilometers farther north. The day was bright and sunny, and the farther north we rode, the warmer it became. The scenery reminded me of the south west in the USA.
On the way we stopped at Villa El Chocon where we visited a Hydro Electric Dam, (-39.25436 latitude, -68.78809 longitude) as well as a natural history museum filled with dinosaur skeletons unearthed in the area. The remains of a T Rex were found in the local vicinity. After stopping for lunch we continued to the city of Neuquen were we settled into the hotel before going out for yet another meal before turning in for the night. In the morning we will continue north to the town of San Rafael, a six hour ride north.
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