This is a short note to let you know Ride For The Trees has a new Wordpress blog!! Check it out at RideForTheTrees.Wordpress.com and comment on it to let us know what you think!...

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Hey everybody! Sorry I've gotten so far behind on the journal updates and photos. I had some difficulties updating in Peru. But alas, I have made it to Ecuador!!! Here in Cuenca I am planning on taking a few months off to work, update the website, ...

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Photos coming soon. For now, enjoy this crazy story. Day 1Said goodbye to my German buddies Sepp and Martin, who had to return to Alemania.Climbed a good climb over a ridge to exit Cuzco, then a good downhill on the other side. Fantastic paved road,...

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Journal entries coming soon. For now, enjoy these photos!...

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Friday May 8, 2009 La Paz to Patamanta: 40 kilometers   Returning from the hot, humid Amazon lowlands up to a cold, dry Altiplano winter. This after 6 weeks of gorging a stretched belly, but excercizing like a sloth. How would my legs hold ...

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journal entries coming soon. for now, enjoy these photos!...

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journal entries coming soon...

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March 1, 2009: The border between La Quiaca, Argentina and Villazon, Bolivia is a mess of people shuffling about like drunken ducks carrying drunken duck packages. I didn't see many people stamping in or out. It looked like a free for all. So, ...

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Altiplano loosely translates to High Plain. This place IS high, ranging from about 3,400 meters (11,100 ft.) to 4,200 meters (13,400 ft.) above sea level. It is mostly flat, as that range is only an 800 meter elevation range, but everything is m...

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Salta is a popular tourist destination, and for good reason. There is a gondola that takes you to the top of a hill for great views of Salta and the surrounding Andes. There is a strip of bars and restaurants with live Andean folk music. There are ho...

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I can't describe how fortunate I feel to have done the Chaco portion of this tour. People from all over the world fly to Argentina, book bus tours or rent cars to tour the famous Gran Chaco… and now I am probably one of the few people in the w...

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To be honest, I didn't realize how involved with my cause I would become when I was planning this ride. I thought I might travel, do some interviews, raise some money for charity, maybe even have a big impact in Paraguay. But I didn't expect to becom...

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I was attacked by a swarm of Africanized "killer" bees and subsequently lost the majority of my gear: Tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, stove, cookset, clothes, shoes, tools, replacement parts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ONiOVOgiAcSo I’m betwe...

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Okay, my camera was stolen yesterday. I've been robbed three times already. There, I said it. And yes, I'm being careful.Now that the bad news is out of the way, this trip is incredible! Anybody who has ever thought about bicycle touring, especially ...

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From the roadside in Northeastern Argentina I send you all saludos and wish you the best!Here’s what’s up in my neck of the city:1) VIDEO from Paraguay! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AOQofCkAhk2) We have reached approximately 1.5% of the $100,000 fun...

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The ride has officially begun!It was another of many mini-adventures, to say the least, putting my trusty bicycle through the first heavy storm of the trip... complete with hail, horizontal rains, and winds so strong my bamboo flagpole snapped in hal...

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Pre-tour training has already become one of the most incredible adventures of my life. Here's the lowdown: -Visited more than 10 Peace Corps Volunteers in their amazing sites, bicycling off the map a few times.-Visited some of the biggest waterfalls ...

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