region xii - dia 3 in TdP

so, we woke up around 7:30 this morning with the sun brightly shining, got ready for the day and then made a pot of oatmeal. more accurately: avena con canela y pasas (oatmeal with cinnamon and raisins). because we bought a kilo of raisins for the trip. oh yeah and a kilo of lentejas (lentils). we packed up our tent and then caught the in-park shuttle to the main entrance and from there we took our bus to the catamaran pick up point.

we stealthily hide our packpacks leaning up against the side of the catamaran building and then headed off to visit to Salto Grande - a huge waterfall - and the mirador for Los Cuernos. so the waterfall was spectacular!!! and so was the rest of our walk to the mirador. the walk was easy!!! and nothing compared to the day before which was perfect because we needed a break. but funny thing - as soon as we got to the mirador it started blizzarding on us!!! like the big mountains disappeared and the snow began to blow horizontally all up in my face.

oh yeah, and on the way there we saw guanacos which are a relative of the llama which automatically makes them really cool of course. and i tried to sneak up and touch one of them but ....the brush was too dense. here is the video of my sneak attempt.

(My favorite guanaco's name is Hannah ;) )

so. once we got to the mirador we quickly turned around and headed back. due to the mad amounts of windy snow. awesome.

problem: once we got back we were wet and cold, so we wanted some hot coffee and soup right?? well, our little cocinilla no funciona con viento. sooooo we ended up cooking lunch in the women's bathroom. i don't think i have EVER felt SO GROSS in my entire life. lol. we sat on the floor - me on the rolled up sleeping mat and colleens on the rolled up sleeping bag. women ever came in and out. and one told us "¡Buen provecha!" oh dear. but i did enjoy my tomato soup, zapallo soup, crackers and coffee :)

our restaurant (that i do NOT recommend):

let me explain a little further...we got dropped off at 11:15 and the 1st catamaran left at 12, but we missed it because we wanted to do the hike. we got back from the hike at like 2:45pm and the next catamaran didn't leave until 6pm. yeah. so that is why we ended up with so much time to kill in between. but we got out of 'Toilet' at like 3:30 and then just hung out by the dock until the catamaran left. which means we were outside in the freezing - on and off - snowy cold until 6.

GOOD NEWS: my teatro friends showed up to meet us for the catamaran!!!! so they are in all of my pictures for the rest of the time in TdP. AND the catamaran was AWESOME!!! they served hot coffee and galletitas!!!! which they should have sinced it cost $18,000 CLP ida y vuelta. i was deteremined to drink my money's worth.

We then sent up or snazzy carpa. colleens and i were really good at this. and then made lentejas for dinner. soooo yummyy!!!! and again, we shared the pot. we didn't have any bowls so each meal was shared from our olla. what a great day.

Region XII - dia 3 in TdP (195 photos), by Sarah Moredock

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