John had to crow bar
the leveling blocks out of the frozen earth this morning. The
slippery parts of the road in the park were nicely frozen on the way
out.
Today we go to Los
Angeles to buy a new Shock as the right one is making strange noises.
We stopped at Angol
and I renewed supplies at the supermercado while John pumped up the
tyres to 50psi. Next to get some cash. The bank kindly gave me
$150k Pesos about AU$300. Next stop Diesel and water.
Heading into Los
Angeles we stopped to look at the magnificent huge wind turbines. They are
wonderful machines. As we started to rejoin the flow of trucks
John noticed a problem and pulled off .
A very flat tyre almost off
the rim. The change went well although we were a bit close to the
traffic. A large gash inside back right tyre. We assume it had been
there for a few days and the combination of replenishing the vehicle, extra tyre pressure, and speed was enough to break the seal. Our first flat
and we will need to organise a new tyre.
We managed to buy
the pair of shocks and get them fitted(66k peso + 10k for fitting AU$150). We
drove out of town looking for a camp site which we finally found at
the top of a hill perched high above a river in a pine forest.
A beautiful sunset
and a day old moon
