Huehuetenango, Central Highlands, Guatemala 27-9-2010
Odómetro: 16,807.8 miles
There seemed to be a bit of rain today. When we left Tom and Eliz´s at 06:30 it was raining. It continued to rain till it down poured. We were hoping that would get it out of it´s system. Nope, it pretty much rained all morning. We traveled through the highlands, not seeing very much but the rain, wet road and mudslides. It is hard to tell how many, but they stretched from start of the day to the finish. They came in all sizes, form just touching the road to covering it completely, not allowing anything but foot traffic to pass. The last one at San Pedro de los Cobres was impassable forcing us to turn around. I talked to several guys along the road. They all said there was a way around it, but no one knew the way. I finally found one guy who said he lived up on top of the mountain and would guide across the 16 kms over the mountain to the other side. After only 4 km of mud we had to turn back. Ken´s bike, a 1982 BMW, could not make it. It has an old clutch system, much like a car´s and not a limited slip, and he was burning it up. After 10 hours of riding for the day, we had only made it about what would take 2.5 hours on a good day.
Uncle Walter
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