We left our perch
and headed closer into La Sarena found a nice spot near the ocean,
just north of Tongoy and just 50 k south from La Sarena.
We actually
have a camp before lunch! Had chicken and salad for lunch and half a
beer sitting in the sun. John read his board papers and I read a
book.
More maintenance on
the steps and discovered that the cog does not come out the bolt is welded
in. All we can really do is more WD40 and get it moving with its
engine, which we did on and off during the afternoon. It is getting
looser.
Had a walk around,
neat area with lots of small boulders. There had been a lot of
digging in the region and we think they were digging for white rock.
Lime? But not sure as they also dug below this layer.
The snow capped
Andes were just poking above the other mountains and looked great at
sunset. Then the full moon rose above them. Very pretty.
