The Trip

In April of 2009, my wife Bobbie and I did a road trip across Patagonia in a pickup truck camper; driving down the Andes on Argentina’s western highway Ruta 40, coming back east along the Straits of Magellan in Chile, and then back up Argentina’s Atlantic Coast highway Ruta 3. We camped along the way in national parks, municipal campgrounds, truck stops, and many times just alongside the road; and we stopped at every place possible, both famous and not. You can see our route of travel here.

This travel blog is a daily journal of the trip, along with a few pictures (see
http://parkenbi.zenfolio.com/patagonia for more photos). The "Last Entry" below is the trip summary, but our journey actually began at a train station in Florida so you'll want to start there ... go to "We're Off".

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Day 15 – Torres del Paine National Park

We poked around the park today --- here are a few photos:






Staying at Lago Pehoe campground in the NP. We’re on the Pacific side of the Andes, and it is warmer, wetter, and greener here. Because of the wetness there are flying insects – the first we’ve seen in Patagonia –one of which is nasty little biting black fly. The weather is much more variable here than on the eastern dry side of the mountains.

It is weird using Chilean Pesos, as everything is in thousands – the campground costs 8,000 Pesos per night, but in US Dollar that works out to $14.50.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

these photos remind me of Alaska

you are really experiencing the end of the earth!!!

do you have any photos of markets and local people to share?

re-entry to life in sunnny Florida will seem mundane after this adventure

way to go

happy trails

ps I shared your link with the water wellness gang - they are lovin' it
Joan