"This was the first night which I passed under the open sky, with the gear of the recado for my bed. There is high enjoyment in the indedence of the Gaucho life = to be able at any moment to pull up your horse, and say "Here we will pass the night." The deathlike stillness of the plain, the dogs keeping watch, the gigpsy [sic] -group of Gauchos making their beds around the fire, have left in my mind a strongly-marked picture of this first night, which will never be forgotten." Charles Darwin, August 11th, 1833 Voyage of the Beagle
I do believe that if there were Harleys available, Darwin would have rumbled across the plains of Argentina.
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