My very good friend Guillermo
Lunch stop after a tough ride
Tue. Feb. 1, 2011
The plan was to leave Neuquen, Argentina at 9:00am and head to San Rafael, Argentina, but the two friends from Mendoza showed up about an hour late, so we left Neuquen sometime around 10:00 instead. The beginning of the ride was pleasant, but the farther north we went, the warmer it became. A few hours into the ride we encountered high winds and blowing dust that at least twice left us in a cloud of dust that you couldn’t see where you were going, zero visibility.
Extremely dangerous! Immediately I thought of my friend Vaughn Pembroke back home, who last year encountered a similar circumstance, but wasn’t so lucky. He and a friend were in Utah in a freak dust storm, when a car crossed the center line and struck both of them when they stopped on the shoulder of the road due to the fact they could not see to drive. Vaughn was unfortunately left paralyzed from the waist down due to his injuries. Vaughn’s friend Ron was badly injured, but recovered.
The ride was very exhausting and we were all glad to make it to the hotel in San Rafael to relax and soak in the pool.
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