WE'RE SPENDING a couple of days out on the Valdes Peninsula, having driven about 30 miles across an isthmus to a huge landmass surrounded by the Atlantic, and surprise … what’s out here is flat arid Patagonian steppe, roads of ripio, sheep estancias, herds of guanacos, and tropical storm force winds. The desert goes right to the ocean’s edge, which Florida-boy Bill can’t quite handle.
The peninsula is a nature preserve, and on that ocean edge are packs of sea lions and elephant seals. Did you know they hung out together? I didn’t -- lions and elephants don’t exactly pal around in Africa, don’t these guys follow the same rules? Anyway, we drove around most of the Peninsula today, stopping here and there to check out the beach or the view. There is an odd-looking roadrunner type bird here that has the suicidal trait of running directly towards our truck as we approach, making driving interesting.
We’re camping in the same place tonight, Piramedes Beach, again to ourselves. The wind is smashing the waves into the rock platform on which we’re camping, causing huge sprays … very exciting to watch … hope the tide doesn’t get too high tonight…
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