This was a relatively short
day of less than 200 miles. We left
Bariloche about 8:30 with a quick stop for gas and then a few miles on some
washboard dirt roads. After that it was
all nice paved highways. The first half
of the day was more of the same – gorgeous mountains, lakes, and high speed
twisty roads. The only problem so far
has been my disappointment in the helmet cam I bought. Part of it is my fault in that only got a
4gig SD card for it, and with video, that’s used up in about 1 ½ hours.
When we stopped for our picnic lunch, which Compass Expeditions is
famous for, I was able to transfer all the video to the computer and start over
again. For some reason, the lighting
keeps going from bright to medium to dark all the time when viewing our day’s
journey. I made some changes in the
format, so I hope that helps. The way it
is now, the scenery isn’t being shown to be as dramatic as it is in
person. It probably never will be – but
I’m trying.
The second half of the day
was more about speed and getting used to the wind that Patagonia is so famous
for. They even have road signs showing
trees in the wind being blown in the horizontal position. It wasn’t as horrendous as I had expected,
and after we stopped, I asked Leo our tour guide, in a joking manner – “when
does the wind start?” He told me
tomorrow it will probably pick up a bit.
The roads were quite boring in the afternoon, and reminded me a lot of
west Texas – just a lot of hills, sagebrush, and miles and miles of – nothing.
Our motel was probably what I
was expecting since I got to S. A. It
was just a plain room with a clean bed, a toilet, and a shower with hot &
cold running water. Dinner was on
Compass Expeditions tonight, and they took us to a restaurant they had never
used before because the other one they used burned down. We arrived about 8:00, and there was not a
customer to be found. It was explained
to us that in Argentina, dinners usually don’t start till about 9:00 – even
during the week! It should be an
interesting rest of the week.
Tomorrow is our longest of
the tour – 550 km, with the last 100 on gravel road, so we have to get an early
start. I hope it doesn’t translate into
a late night. I’m finding that sharing
the ‘puter is putting a dent into my time to spend keeping you all up to date
on what’s happening.
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