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We are legally blind, and that is us on the bike. It's a 2-person bicycle because Christi can't see well enough to ride her own bike. Tauru can't see well, either. But we put our heads together, and with a lot of teamwork, we'll ride the 16,000 miles to Alaska!

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Elsy (Mar 2012 from New Haven, CT): Why do you want to do that, and is it cold? It is cold sometimes, like right now. Summer is over in Patagonia and the leaves are falling from the trees - the seasons here are opposite to the seasons in the US. It is starting to freeze at night. But, as we ride farther north, it will get much warmer. Riding a bicycle is fun. Traveling in different countries and meeting new people is also fun. Setting a big goal and then achieving it would give us a very good feeling. Being able to do all three of these things together is fantastic. But the number one reason why we want to do this is because we want to educate the world: people with bad vision or blindness are still able to do all kinds of things. Elsy (Mar 2012 from New Haven, CT): Do you touch the animals? Only the ones who live in the homes of the people we stay with. We never touch wild animals for three reasons: 1) If you get too close to a wild animal, it will run or fly away; 2) If you put your "human" smell on a wild animal, it might be rejected by its family or pack, and then it could die; and 3) Animals in the wild might carry diseases that could make us sick, or they could bite or harm us. Alberto, Sierra, Elsy, Aidan, Destynee and Errol (Mar 2012 from New Haven, CT): We would like to know if you have seen any interesting animals during your trip so far? This area is known as Patagonia. Not many people live down here, so there are very few roads and cities. That means that nature is untouched, so there is lots of unique wildlife down here. For example: (source: cycleforwater.com) Guanacos (Wiki) are a long-necked cousin of the llama. We saw many of them in southern Argentina. (source: cycleforwater.com) Andean condors (Wiki) are huge vultures with wing-spans as big as ten feet wide. We've been told that they are flying over our heads, but our bad eyesight means that we usually don't see birds, even when they're that big. And, of course, the penguins! These guys are king penguins (Wiki) which are the second largest kind of penguin and are only found either on Antarctica or in the very far south regions near Antarctica. Watching this birds was incredible - this is a couple, and they walked together just as human couples do. But we learned, if you visit the penguins in their own home, it means you are going to a VERY cold place! Luke (Jan 2012 from Pennsylvania): Is it hard to ride that far? Sometimes. Like most things, some days are easy and fun, and other days are full of challenges. But when it's hard, we remember all of the other times - like the family we stayed with, the friends we've made or the enormous donuts that took two hands to hold - and it all makes it worth it. We try not to think about how far we have to go. Instead, we think about how far we've come and all of the wonderful memories we've made. Kalyn (Jan 2012 from Pennsylvania): Where do you stop/take breaks? We take lots of breaks - about once an hour. For those, we find a nice spot on the side of the road. We try to find places where we can park the bike out of the way of other cars and find a place to sit. When we finish riding for the day, we have to find a place to camp. A lot of times, we are far away from towns. In those cases, the best place for a tent is some place that is blocked from the wind (either by a tree, a hill or a wall) and that is near water, like a stream or a lake. We need lots of water for cooking and drinking. Gavin (Dec 2011 from Union, Kentucky): Do you have to ride that far? Nope! We WANT to! Thinking about a goal that big can be scary. It's so far! So, we broke it up into pieces. We picked 6 cities on our way where we can say, "This part is completed!" And each day, we will only think about what we have to do on that day. If we reach our goals every day, we will eventually get to Alaska. And then we will feel so proud of ourselves!