Lala Barlow has probably ridden in more varied conditions in extreme places than most riders will

ever get a chance to experience. She is the real deal, an adventure motorcycle traveler. But this wasn't

the Lala Barlow that her friends and family knew. I mean, her parents were literally shocked,

jaw dropped when a motorcycle arrived at the house when she started to ride,

blindsided, you could say. Because the Lala they knew was an actor. Musical theater,

performance additions. That was her world. It was the life that she worked hard for. And after a bunch of years of struggling, as people do in the acting trade, things were finally starting to

happen. I mean, she was about to step

on to the big stage, make it real big when COVID shut it all down for her. And that's not a small

thing. I mean, that's the type of business that you identify with. And when you identify with the

whole world and it suddenly is gone, it leaves a, leave just a huge empty space. But somewhere along the line,

something started to appear for Lala. She kept coming across images of motorcycles, mountains,

and Patagonia. She didn't know anything about any of them. She didn't ride a bike. She didn't have

friends at road, but serendipity kept presenting her with pictures of Patagonia, mountains, and motorcycles. It was just a theme she couldn't shake. In fact, she didn't want to shake it. She loved the idea of it. But, of course, when you don't know anything about motorcycles or motorcycle travel, where do you start? Well, she did what she had to. She got a bike. She learned to ride. She researched a trip. She did a

shakedown trip, which was, wait till you hear the shakedown trip. I think most people will call it an

adventure. Sort of one step at a time through a very steep learning curve, but she never let go of that

goal. Patagonia alone. Alone. That was along with those images that she's seeing of Patagonia

riding in the mountains and imagining doing that. She was imagining doing it by herself,

exploring by herself. So in this, you're going to hear her feelings of what it was like for a

first solo trip alone in a foreign country where everything is strange and getting help

requires trusting strangers and

being vulnerable. It's an interesting thing that she's had to deal with. And she had some

experiences that are quite interesting to hear. We're also going to get into something that we

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