John checked and the
waters had receded. Across we went, water came up to the bottom of
the grey skirt.
We drove through the settlement, mostly weekend batches, a phone tower and a black beach which we had a walk on. This beach had the biggest surf we have seen on our trip so far.
The stillness of the ocean has surprised us.
We stopped to chat with 5 guys building a bridge. The large dual wheel truck had driven in last night on the road we would be traveling out on. When I commented about the chains they had on the duel wheels they explained that the road was muddy. We gathered that for 300m the road isa foot deep in mud. Oh great!!
We drove through the settlement, mostly weekend batches, a phone tower and a black beach which we had a walk on. This beach had the biggest surf we have seen on our trip so far.
The stillness of the ocean has surprised us.
We stopped to chat with 5 guys building a bridge. The large dual wheel truck had driven in last night on the road we would be traveling out on. When I commented about the chains they had on the duel wheels they explained that the road was muddy. We gathered that for 300m the road isa foot deep in mud. Oh great!!
We did find the mud,
and yes it was a foot deep, and I am sure it was much further than
300 meters. John and EC performed extremely well and, although touch
and go a few times, we made it through without a hitch.
At
1pm we spied a
tourist info sign and a place to park, a good place for lunch. It
turned out to be the start of a walking track so after a quick lunch
we went for a 3 hour walk. A fantastic walk and forest. Lots of river
crossings and the oldest Tree in Chile and South America at 3500
years old, An Alerce tree, they were used for boat building, furniture,
and just about everything. Impervious to water and bugs.
At the end of the
walk, back on the road about a km further on from EC we understood
why all the arrows were pointing the wrong way… Quite a big set up
with toilets and an office with entry prices on the wall 1250 Pesos
(A$5) international tourists 2500 pesos…. No one home though so we
walked back to the car.
The ranger came by
on his Chilean dirt bike and had a chat. He lives up at the start of
the trail.