My family was on vacation at a beach. We all had long-board rollerskates on that allowed us to glide effortlessly along the water. Each leg stroke took us 50m and there was a lovely evening breeze in my face....then a blue breakfast tray was put in my lap and Galen accidently unreclined my seat instead of his, causing me to go from dreaming to sitting upright holding breakfast in about 2 seconds...and thus another amazing night of sleep on the bus concluded. This bus trip was even better that the last since a group of old guys were having a party and got everyone on the bottom level of the bus wine with dinner and champagne during the movies.
Back in Buenos Aires we had 3 hours to buy food for the trek and drop off our Mendoza clothes and repack for Patagonia. After a lot of deliberation we decided not to take the stove and associated cookware to save weight and allow us to cover more distance comfortably. Two of the nights we¨ll be camped near ¨refugios¨which will have hot water and little stores where we can get dinner and the rest we have packed. Sample food for the day:
· Granola with powdered milk
· trail mix snack
· tuna and crackers and dried fruit
· cliff bar
· sausage and crackers
···I know what you are thinking...how can I eat fantastic meals like that at home¿ Its easy! just adopt me and allow me to live on your couch and steal your wireless internet and I can make these culinary delights in your own kitchen! Please send me your orders for this exclusive and unbeatable offer by next Friday (when I am done with my Patagonian hike) so I can be sure of a home. I figure if I start buying trail mix full time I may no longer be able to work at my usual job.
So anyhoo...took a plane down to El Calafate, which is sort of like a mid-west ski resort town but instead is at the bottom of the American continent and is a gateway to a number of Patagonian national parks. It is almost 10pm and the sun is going down. Tomorrow we´´ll cross the border into Chile on a bus to Puerto Natales from which we´ll be able to get into Torres del Paine (the national park we´ll be hiking in). The buses between these cities run once a day, so it has taken some careful planning yesterday and today, but we´´re having an awesome time and rolling with the small surprises as they come up.
From El Calfate we can only see the tips of the snow-capped mountains but soon we¨ll be in the middle of them. Can´t wait!
Reason #17 why I heart Argentinians: they form perfect queue everywhere!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queue_area#Queue_Ethics
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