Just before leaving camp john discovered another broken
strap on water tank #2. We knew it would break, but just never
finished taping the hole to attach the new piece. Put a webbing strap on it
to hold it up and drove out of camp.
We continued on the
yellow road south 122km’s till orange road. It is called RN 40
which is also the name of the main sealed road. The road was great in
places, corrugated in others, and rocky in places. Less and less
tyremarks were seen until there were non since the last rain.
Came
down to the river which was just a mass of red mud with a small water
channel down the middle. John walked across the “mud” with the
spade to check depth. The deepest section was on the other side of
the channel but only half spade depth till he hit bottom. All good.
EC hardly sank; soft tyres and the mud being more sand than silt.
Came
down to the river which was just a mass of red mud with a small water
channel down the middle. John walked across the “mud” with the
spade to check depth. The deepest section was on the other side of
the channel but only half spade depth till he hit bottom. All good.
EC hardly sank; soft tyres and the mud being more sand than silt.
Interestingly on the
other side were two vehicle tracks and lots of foot prints and a
place they had turned.
Came across an oil
field of nodding donkeys.
We filled with diesel and pumped up our tyres at the intersection with the orange road.
We were on orange for about 10km’s then turned off at laguna
blanca. There were 3 conflicting signs on gate. Laguna Blanca 5km’s,
attention Prohibited to pass, Private property, No hunting, fishing
and chopping fire wood. And another – maintain the tranquil road.
We hummed and harred then went in and camped on the edge of the road
overlooking a half full lake and the mountains. A great sunset.Although we had no Internet we wished Christopher a great birthday.