We've spent the morning pouring over maps of Argentina, Chile, Peru, Equador and Colombia to determine our most efficient routes and to develop estimated daily destinations for the next couple of weeks.  We'll have 13 days to get to Cartagena presuming we can get our bikes out and operational by the 9th.  This is 2 more days than the previous record holders used to do the same distance.  We will have long hard days but they are certainly attainable.  The delay of the bikes robs us  ([i:470b5]'esto es un robo'[/i:470b5]!) of a few margaritas on the Colombian coast but it does not impact our overall schedule.    

We are all quite anxious to get going and our extended 'vacation' in Ushuaia is getting old.  We'll go to the very end of the Pan Am highway today to do a photo shoot.  We'll have to do that by car since we will be using all our waking hours riding the bikes north not south!  We'll take &quot;Montie the Bear&quot; and &quot;Gnomeaway Fromhome&quot; along so they too can enjoy our tour.  

We also meet with the harbour master today so we can expedite the paper work for the bikes and perhaps arrange for a wharehouse in which to put the bikes together and finish installing all our accessories.  I'm sure we'll have pictures of the process on our photo album for your perusal.  

We enjoy reading responses to our emails and our postings although this particular computer illiterate had a tough time figuring out how to post!  Ryan promisis he'll work on simplifying the process for me and you!

It's still a dream come true and somewhat surreal to be here. <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt="Laughing" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: --> 

Sean