Day 23 - Take it eeeeeasy
December 6 - Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
We ended up skipping the morning hike, and soaking up our hot breakfast. The only thing actually hot was eggs, so Evan was a little disappointed, but I enjoyed the all you can eat cereal, coffee, and dulce de leche enough.
We hiked to the next camp area, Seron, that afternoon and arrived way too early. The hike was not that eventful – we met an older man from San Diego on the way that was moving at a similar pace as us (well actually, he was faster), so we chatted as we walked. The hike was relatively flat, and ended in a giant field with horses grazing. The field got a bit repetitive, but we kept seeing the most unique clouds ever.
We had a lot of time to just hang, which is fine, but when you plan on hiking all day, you don’t really pile your bag with books or anything. This was the dilemma we had heard. Go too fast, you wear yourself out. Go too slow, and you feel like you should have gone further.
There was a cooking area which we missed completely. We started firing up our stove, creating a wind-blocking rock wall on a picnic table, even grabbing our sleeping mat to block the wind. Someone kindly told us there was a “shelter” for cooking. We went into the mystery shed and voila! People everywhere sitting on picnic tables using their stoves, in protection from the wind! Genius. We settled in, cooked another lentil/rice mixture, this time with curry. It was good as well. We shared wine and tea with an English couple – they were really great. We went to bed and the wind was fierce. I didn’t sleep as well as I had been, but fair enough - it couldn't last.
We ended up skipping the morning hike, and soaking up our hot breakfast. The only thing actually hot was eggs, so Evan was a little disappointed, but I enjoyed the all you can eat cereal, coffee, and dulce de leche enough.
We hiked to the next camp area, Seron, that afternoon and arrived way too early. The hike was not that eventful – we met an older man from San Diego on the way that was moving at a similar pace as us (well actually, he was faster), so we chatted as we walked. The hike was relatively flat, and ended in a giant field with horses grazing. The field got a bit repetitive, but we kept seeing the most unique clouds ever.
There was a cooking area which we missed completely. We started firing up our stove, creating a wind-blocking rock wall on a picnic table, even grabbing our sleeping mat to block the wind. Someone kindly told us there was a “shelter” for cooking. We went into the mystery shed and voila! People everywhere sitting on picnic tables using their stoves, in protection from the wind! Genius. We settled in, cooked another lentil/rice mixture, this time with curry. It was good as well. We shared wine and tea with an English couple – they were really great. We went to bed and the wind was fierce. I didn’t sleep as well as I had been, but fair enough - it couldn't last.
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