Final Thoughts (Finally)
I am finally getting around to posting my final thoughts on this trip. First, our travel home was uneventful - the way I like it. We flew out of Balmaceda airport on Saturday at 4:40 p.m. It was about 40 minutes away from our hotel. It really isn't much of an airport; it is more like a pole building with a runway. There was only 2 gates! We flew from Balmaceda to Santiago (Chile) and then to Dallas and finally to Indianapolis. We arrived back in Indianapolis around 11:00 a.m. on Sunday. Here are my final thoughts and comments regarding the trip. For me, the 2 most beautiful parts of the trip were Perito Moreno Glacier and the Mable Caves. Additional photos of each at the end of the post. My favorite road was Hwy 265 that we did on the last day. I would estimate we rode about 60 - 70 percent gravel roads of varied conditions. We rode a total of 3,714 km or 2,305 miles. We averaged 336 km or 209 miles per day. The longest day was Day 1 which was 425 km or