November 25-26, 2017:
For two days I  battled gale force winds, Gobernador Gregores to El Calafate and then to Puerto Natales, Chile via Torres del Paine NP. It was incredible, really. At one point I had to stop due to a storm that was just to dangerous to ride in. Fortunately I was close to the town of Esperanza and found refuge at a YPF gas station. Afterr :30 it passed and all I had to deal with was the wind and some very light snow!  The weather was nice when I reached the Chilean border, my hopes were high for a great ride through the NP. Alas, it was not meant to be. The wind started up, and it just got stronger the closer I got to the entrance. When I stopped to pay the entrance fee one of the park people warned me it would be dangerous to ride through the park. She was right, at one point the winds reached over 100 kph. It was down right scary at times. Loose gravel, sharp curves and nothing to break the wind. Later I was told two vehicles had been blown off the road. So, as for pictures, not so many. The three towers, Torres del Paine (Towers of Blue) were clouded in, darn the bad timing.

Just before entering the NP. It was looking good,

The closer to the exit I got, the better the weather conditions became. 

A last attempt of getting a photo of the peaks.

November 30, 2017:
 Stayed a few days in Puerto Natales and then rode to Punta Arenas to receive a DHL package containing my new license and registration. While there I also had a new rear tire fitted. 

December 02, 2017:
 Crossed the Straights of Megellan and headed for Rio Grande. The weather was a bit cold but the wind wasn’t so bad. Bad but not so bad, lol. Once in Rio Grande I checked into the Hostel Argentino, and was greeted by an fellow American (Ben) that recognized me. We had met at the Golden Monkey Guest House in  Kisoro, Uganda in January 2016. He had just finished a climb up Mt Stanley at the time. This time he was bicycling to Ushuaia. How cool is that!

December 03, 2017:
 Ushuaia: I hadn’t planned on returning to Ushuaia however, SPOT tracker didn’t have coverage for this area when I was here three years ago, now they do and I wanted the, Fin del Mundo, marked on my travel map. 

Crossing latitude 54.

 I found a place to stay and then rode out to the NP to mark my, SPOT.

December 04, 2017:
 Another reason for ruturning to Ushuia was that I wanted to ride the “J” road. Twientyfour miles before Ushuaia theres a gravel road that goes Southeast to the furtherest point you can ride in Argentina. I had talked to other riders about this road and was always told it was very rough. I haven’t met any riders that have done it. Anyway, I didn’t do it last time so it was a, mission. What a great ride! It’s a 56 mile gravel road that is one of the most scenic and well maintained gravel roads I’ve been on. If you go to Ushuaia, ride the “J” road.

This is truly the, End of The Line:

There's a transmitter station at the end that is manned by three people.

Riding back out to Ruta 3

A home out in the sticks just isin't complete without a big tv dish and a junk car in the front yard,

A fantastic ride day!