‘Quien se apura en la Patagonia pierde el tiempo,’ locals say (‘Those who hurry in Patagonia lose time’).  We’ll likely be here another week, waiting for the high system to move in and shift our winds around from the South.

Two carts. First time at this, but I think that should handle it for two to make the sail from Caleta Tortel to Puerto Monte. Back online in a few weeks.

These three days are worthy of a full blog post (coming soon):  trekking out to Glaciar O’Higgins, staying on a ranch where I was told only twenty a year pass through, in a natural landscape that was right up there with any I’ve seen.  Inspiring to experience the traditional subsistence ranching the father and son carry on.  The true Patagonia.

If you are going to cross a border, you might as well make it interesting. Argentina / Chile, no phone or computer, only a paper record of who comes and goes. Carried the way too heavy pack for five hours through forest and pass from Lago Desierto to the two home “town” of Candelaria Mancilla.

Heading out to the end of the road in Chile.  Bus, boat, walk for a day, then boat.