Monday October 3 and Tuesday October 4, 2011
Mendoza to Malarque 370 km
Monday was a quiet day spent with Robin exploring the city and searching for Ruta 40 T shirts for the four fat guys. We were without luck as no one had our sizes.
Today (tuesday)we joined the famous Ruta 40 (Route 40) which continues all the way down to the southern end of Argentina. The group broke up 100 kilometers south of Mendoza with four of the group traveling the gravel portion and seven of us including the support vehicle traveling pavement. We reconnected again for lunch some three hours later with the dirt riders taking much longer to rendezvous with the rest of us. Todays journey continued south all within site of the mighty Andes through mostly flat land with occasional hilly areas. Our stop tonight is in Malarque which is known for its proximity to ski resorts, archeological sites and fauna reserves.
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| The famous Ruta 40 |
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| My new found friend except I couldn't get him to wake up |
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| Robin, Margie and Linc waiting for the rest of the dirt riders |
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| Andrew and Debbie after lunch |
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| Milt after completing the dirt portion of Ruta 40 |
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