I know, I know. I missed a day. Sorry ‘bout that. We were too busy having fun. When we left El Chalten, the question of the day was if we
were going to get wet from rain or snow.
It was rain, but not a lot of it, and only for about 10km. The wind wasn’t much to talk about until we
got back on Ruta 40 heading into El Calafate, and then it got to the point of
being brutal. Not only because it was
stronger than anything we experienced before, but also cause the wind was
coming across Lake Argentino which is fed by a glacier. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. I have a video somewhere that I haven’t even
looked at yet, but it’s got to be funny with guys jumping into the wind and
being blown backward. I’ll see if I can
post it here – if it’s worth it.
Calafate is another tourist
destination for backpackers. Everywhere
you look, there are hostels and cabanas gearing to the hiker, and there must be
hundreds of them here now and it’s only the very beginning of the season. We had a day off from traveling today, but
still needed the motorcycles for getting to Merino Glacier. Compass Expeditions picked up the tab for our
boat ride to the side of the glacier and our lunch. I must have a good hour of video showing the
glacier doing absolutely nothing other than being big and cold. The best footage I have is of a fox running
along the shore, but I can’t even load it to the computer cause I brought the
wrong cord, but the pictures turned out great.
After we took a shuttle bus to the top of the visitor center, it was
about 1500km back to where we had parked the bikes, so we sort of got our
exercise in for the day. The ride back
from the glacier made Louise appreciate the ride in the Toyota Land Cruiser
she’s been getting for the last week. It
was windier than anything she had experienced before. She asked me about it after we got back to
the hotel, and it really was quite mild in relation to what we’ve been going
through, but she’s now happy that she has the job of co-navigator in the
“Troopie”
I spent the afternoon
catching up on this stuff, but didn’t get caught up till now. It’s 11:00 and just getting back from
dinner. TYPICAL! These late nights
are killing me, but I’m lovin’ it. The
next 3 days we’ll be out of touch camping in what is supposed to be the most
beautiful place on earth – Torres Del Paine.
I can’t wait – but we have to cross the border to get there. Hope for no problems. I’m beat.
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