From Anchorage to Ushuaia by Bike

After our stay in Washington which was generally humid and cloudy, we got to the coast of Oregon: glorious sun shining over long stretches of fine, white sand. At this point in the year, the wind generally blows from North to South – which is good news for us.

Of course, we’re not the only bicyclists to go this way to make the best of the good weather conditions along here. Every day we meet other bicyclists, some travelling light and others just as laden down as we are. The ones that are travelling super light actually have a separate team that takes care of transporting all their stuff. Generally, they leave from the Canadian border and bike south to the Mexican border, in about 5 or 6 weeks.

The countryside looks sometimes like Landes, sometimes like the Pays Basques, and like the Northern coasts of Bretagne.

Having left the bears, now we have to watch out for raccoons. The locals get a pretty good laugh when we ask them where we can safely keep our food bags for the night: “In your vehicle, of course!” Yeah right, in our vehicle!

Sara & Sébastien