Glorious day for a ride / Time to swap continents

[footloose]

Glorious day for a ride here in California!
Caught up on work kind of, and decided to go for a ride.
(~20 mph, ~20 Wh/m, just a nice cruise.)
Going to start raining and getting wintery here soon :-(

Anyone in AU / NZ / Argentina / Southern hemisphere
have a nice place for me and spouse to stay for next 6 months?
Trade light gardening, shopping, vacuuming
for dry place with charger plug in priveleges?

Kind of joking this year, but dead serious long term.
Winter sucks. Nomadic cycling would rock!

 

[Kingfish]

Nomadic cycling does rock!

What about organizing a Pan-Amex ride in stages?

Create some "official" route like from Fairbanks Alaska (most northern city with a commercial airport) to Vancouver BC south down the coast then through Mexico and Central America, then Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, then finish in Chile.

Figure out what could be covered in one month. Sort out charging/motels/passports... parts!

Then go for it!

I think Alaska and BC would be tough - but I bet about midway through BC charging wouldn't be a problem, but getting through Mexico might.

Speaking from modest experience, here's to nomadic riding!
~KF

 

[rp3]

20c (70f) and sunny here today.
Too bad I'm at work.

...

 

[heathyoung]

Its a little too hot to ride around some of my favourite spots...

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1846942/the-hunter-in-flames-lake-macquarie-homes-under-threat/?cs=305

Aftermath...

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1850108/the-hunter-in-flames-pictures-from-day-2/?cs=305

 

[voicecoils]

What you describe offering in exchange for housing and electricity might match well with
Willing Workers on Organic Farms

Depends on the balance of riding vs working you want to do... if you want to mostly ride and work a little it will cost you money. If you want to mostly work and ride a little your trip could be break-even or better.

 

[John in CR]

Footloose,

Definitely get out and see the world. There are plenty of places with great weather year-round. You can find places with quite narrow temperature ranges as well as rainfall ranges and timing. Living at altitude in Latin America is awesome. I haven't been, but I understand some of Australia has a great climate too. Here in Costa Rica there are so many micro climates that you can really fine tune the climate based on where you are in the central valley. I'm so spoiled by the no heat no A/C needed climate here that I want to move up the mountain a bit to drop temps by a couple of degrees, but the rest of the family says "no, it will be too cold". We're talking about going from generally mid 70's to low 70's. :lol: