ride of rides

....potosi to uyuni
Only 25% of Bolivia’s roads are paved and they ended in potesi.

just out of town met a german couple two up on a dr650....didi and martina. martina has been riding solo across americas for 7 years! boyfriend didi came over for 6 weeks to ride bolivia and argentina. also met a land cruiser couple also from germany.

Certainly one of the best rides was from potesi to the solar de uyuni…all off-road with various conditions loose gravel, hard gravel, mud, red clay, sand, big rock, little rock, embedded rock, and regular dirt. more canyons filled with 1000's of llama grazing (dots) in addition to being all over roads Riding went from……loose gravel-sand…find a line…stand up weight in back…gun it….knee squeeze the tank….hold the line, shite lost it…slide out in sand..get back on line….loosen grip, weight in back go fast to avoid front tire twist….hold the line…..don’t forget to look up, when I am going to ever see this part of world landscape again…quick slip….shite watch/hold the line
Rock…sit down, watch the for big ones…dodge sharp ones…shite hit one, two, three etc…hoping not to pop a tire…looking down, come up to creek 2 ft water…oh man hope no jagged rocks in there….keep watching the road….big dip great shocks. Mud….instincts do what you can to not slide out especially around curves…lost it once…front tire slide out around corner sending back one out, counter steer….back tire slides left…this is gonna hurt…counter steer back goes right less…getting up right…counter again and slides left im almost straight…..managed to pull out of it after back and forth slides for about 30ft….whew…heart pounding.

stumbled on a place to eat just as the rain came Clay…slip slide after light rain but smooth….like it.
Washboard gravel…..whats coming loose now….dadadadadadad for miles…stand up to stop head shaking…listen to clanky noises hoping nothing rattles off and thinking I need to tighten chain. off in the horizon, nearing the flats could see a haze between land and sky
couldn’t help but to think of mad max and the thunderdome especially when finally came upon uyuni….could see forever..... one lonely road leading into town that you know by car dust trails… then this sculpture one of the first things i see in town Lets steel their gas and get out