Staying in Buenos Aires at Hostel Ostinatto for $9 and have the bike in secure parking for $3, it has free breakfast and is very close to everything.
For the Super Tenere Fans here are two shots of the engine after almost 52,000 km (32,000mi) and having not been cleaned. I think it looks damn good after all the beating it took, shifter and linkage is a little bent, but still functional.
Made it to Buenos Aires today after another gruelling windy day. Did stop at the Airport but it was after 6pm and none of the shipping offices were open anymore, but I did find out that you need a clearing house to take care of the shipping, none of the Airlines will bother with you until you have the item ready (packaged on a skid) and customs cleared. A company called Navicon takes care of this for you and arranges for the package to be sent to the proper Airline. 
Another windy day and a whole lot of nothing to see but desert, except for the last hour when I was finally getting into some more farm land. The temperatures has been steadily rising the last few days and today it hit 34c, I know I shouldn’t complain but the wind and the heat have made this a challenge to stay hydrated.
Much the same today, with one difference is that the wind shifted from the plains to the coast, but still very strong head to side winds, the nice part is you get no blast from the trucks when they pass.
Drove down the RN3 along the coast to Rio Santa Cruz, and stayed at the Quequen Aike Hospedaje for $17. 
Did leave Rio Grande today after staying another night at Oscars home and was treated like family. Oscar and a group of guys from the Vouken Kayen motorcycle group also have a dream to someday head out and do Route 66 across the USA. I wish for them that one day they can fulfill there dream.
There is a 100 km stretch of mostly hard packed gravel road between Argentina and Chile, and today with the rain made it a real challenge on some of the sections that was only mud and no gravel. With no more tread left on the rear tire, it was slip and slide the whole way. I just hope I can make it to BA without having to change it. 
Did leave Ushuaia with mixed feelings, so very glad to have made it this far and now to commence on the road back home will be so different, for so long it has been a daily task as to seek a way to get here and now that has gone, I believe that only a few will understand this feeling. I do look very much forward to going back home and once again being amongst family and friends, but it will be a challenge to find some calm after riding almost everyday.
