Mike and I hit the road by 6:30 a.m. and it was only 39 degrees. We are probably about 5,000 feet here. After asking several people we found the border and stopped at the first building to check our bikes out of Colombia. Since we were so early there was only one guy When it was our turn the official said we
didn’t need to check the bikes out of the country and could just go on to Ecuador. Whoa, wait a minute. After all the countries we had been through so far we knew the routine. 1st check bike out of current country, 2
nd check selves out of country, 3rd ride across the border and check ourselves into next country, 4
th check our bikes into the next country. We repeatedly asked the guy and he repeatedly said just to go. So we went and checked ourselves out of Colombia and headed into Ecuador and checked ourselves and our bikes in. We are still not sure if we missed a step. If I had to guess I would say yes but the official was very insistent.
The Colombian/Ecuadorian border is located in the mountains and it was very green and very mountainous. Twenty minutes later the scene became much drier with some browns thrown in. In another hour it was very hot and dry. The pavement is really great with no potholes to worry about and consistent turns so you feel confident laying the bike down in the curves. I’m no road racer but if you check the
KLR you would see I was scraping the
footpegs today. Seems to happen more on the right side than left for some reason. The
KLR hasn’t shown signs of burning oil but then again we almost never hit 80 mph in the mountains.
Me
likey!
Cows like Wisconsin but
something's different,
hmmm....
We've made it this far!
Proof! And how about that elevation? Yeah, the
KLR with it's non-fuel injected
carbs is a bit sluggish up here.
But it sure is pretty
Overlooking a suburb of Quito. Short report today but we just RODE!
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