Pearls On Wheels

When we rode the bike into Ushuaia in December 2012 we hoped that one day we would board a ship and sail to the Antarctica and Complete the Ice to Ice Adventure. In January 2015 we set off on a cruise to Antarctica. Two years prior to the cruise we rode into Ushuaia on a motorcycle.  The end of a five month journey from the Arctic. Dick rode north to Buenos Aires with Ken and I flew back to New Zealand.  This time Dick and I left together on the Ocean Diamond on a  Quark cruise to Antarctica.  We chose this particular cruise because we are hoping to cross the Antarctic Circle and to complete the Ice to Ice adventure by walking on the ice in Antarctica. Words are inadequate to describe what we saw...  Magnificent scenes. Glaciers, Mountains, Icebergs, stormy seas, and eerily calm bays. Tenacious wildlife - penguins, whales, birds  Evidence of  historic explorers and present day researchers..   The scenes were often too big f...

This journey was all about people for me. A wonderful collection of pearls. People we met, and people in my memories populated the days. Meeting them was only possible because we were on the road, so... Here is the overall summary  Date Stage                                             Days                       Distance                       Rest             km               Days 28 June-26 August Vancouver, to Deadhorse Alaska;  Yukon, Canada, to Hollywood, USA 60 18,503 10 11 September - 24 October Hollywood, Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Quito - Ecuador 44 8920 9 ...