Day 69 Update: Ataliva Roca to General Conesa

235 miles

I’m on the board. Ushuaia is not that far away anymore. It’s still far, but not that far. I had some pretty mean sidewinds today which slowed me down, but not significantly. I rode well. Mentally I thought I was getting better, but I realized that these big mileage days are just tamping down all my mental wear and tear. I can’t really mend, but I can suppress. This scares me because if I have another bad day then everything is going to surface again and things could get really ugly. Fingers crossed that doesn’t happen. It’s lonely out here. There is t much going on. The towns are few and far apart. I enjoy the camping, but I don’t enjoy the lack of consistent resupplies. There is nothing to look at outside of the towns. Totally flat shrubland. The trees are all gone, it’s just grass and small shrubs. And wind. Always wind.

I’m still not taking many pictures. I don’t find many things that are interesting enough to get my phone out. In addition, my mental state is still precarious enough that I don’t find the beauty in as many things anymore and I don’t have the motivation to go out of my way to find beautiful things and capture them. That makes me sad. I’ll be okay though. I’ll bounce back. Just another week or so of pushing. With no wind I’d be fine in 4 days. It looks like I’ll have some bad winds coming up though…