3 jobs on the agenda
this morning, Fuel, water and Internet, then south for the ferry.
We headed back up to
the north of Puerto Montt looking for a large service station as they
normally have water. We fueled up and fueled our phones but the hose
outlet was not within our reach.
We decided we could
manage without the other water tank full. Could of course just put a
bucket outside and collect our own…..
We diverted about 7 k’s
into a national reserve which was advertised as having some walks.
The road was good but slowly eroding where water from blocked gutters
and drains poured over the road.
We walked around the
park entrance looking at the signage to choose a walk. When we got to
the entrance the park ranger yelled at us from his cosy house
indicating we could not enter. We walked over to him and he said "park closed because of the water". We left feeling quite disappointed.
Caught the ferry
from La Arena to Puelche. $15000 (A$30) for 35mins.
Following the
coastal road south we discovered the boat building center of the
region. Every second shed housed a boat frame in different stages of
undress. In some cases the boats size looked like it had been
restricted by the size of the shed. Some sheds were simply sheets of
tin held up by poles to keep the boat dry.
We camped on the
foreshore and had afternoon tea. After consulting with the “witch”
and realizing we needed to be at the Ferry at 09.30 in the morning we
decided to do some more driving now in daylight. Set up camp again
on foreshore and defrosted some chicken legs for dinner.