From Anchorage to Ushuaia by Bike

When we woke up, Tony had prepared for us an American breakfast: scrambled eggs, ham and toasts. He also advised us about the safety and the safest way we should take to go to Palmer.

We started with the Old Glenn Highway, a highway that we will follow for quite many miles. It was going uphill and then downhill.

Just our lunch break next to a lake, we met to other cyclotourists. We discussed and exchanged a lot with them about our equipment and our plans for the next days. Uli, from Germany, biked since 2006 and went to New Zealand Australia and Asia. He just arrived in Alaska and was going north for the moment, and then he does not know what he will do. Ken, from Japan, has just arrived in Alaska with no equipment. He bought everything in Anchorage and planned to go to south Argentina, but has not yet worked out the itinerary he is going to follow. We decided to bike the next kilometers together, on the highway as it was the only road! We were lucky to have large shoulders and a policeman confirmed us that bikes could go on highway when there is no other possibility.

Our ways splat and we left each other with a “see you on the road between Anchorage and Ushuaia!”

When we arrived in Palmer, we were not lost at all! We had to meet Rebecca, a young woman I met two days ago in Anchorage, in front of REI, as I was discussing with Joanes (from Spain) who will also bike to Ushuaia! He was waiting for 2 German men who were biking “only” to Vancouver. So, you see, we are not the only one to be crazy!

Well, Rebecca invited us to stay at her place if we went to Palmer and this is from her place that I am sending some news. We had a wonderful evening with her. When she was 22, last year, she biked 4700 kilometers to go from San Diego to Florida, alone!

Ps : Thank you very much Rebecca for hosting us. It was great to meet you … and Jojo!!