The weather has really set in with high winds rain and sleet. We have opted to spend another day in our wooden, complete with wood fire, and take the time to create a blog and update family and friends.
Plus it gave us time to catch up on the necessary laundry and bike maintenance. Once done it was a look around the small village, foreshore and check out the missing family link.
Tuesday
Time to move on regardless of the weather . Tonight we are in Chile Chico just short of the Argentine border and approx. 20km from where we started on the other side of the Lake. However it has taken us 420km to get here.
The ride started wet/windy but improved to be slightly wet/windy. Rivers were running very high, encroaching on the road. In places only 150mm below the road surface. The combination of traffic and weather had turned the road surfaces into a never ending series of potholes and ripio. The worst effect was oncoming drivers in taking any route to to avoid the larger holes which lead to a number of close calls.
The size and number of waterfalls along the route were impressive. Sorry..no photos due wet conditions.
We traveled around the Western side of the lake to El Maiten. After Ron topped up with fuel we made tracks for Cochrane, a village further South on Ruta 7.
The road from El Maiten - Cochrane is impressive. The road has some impressive climbs up and around river bluffs. A lot of the road is undergoing re-engineering so watch for trucks. No room for error on the
sheer drop-offs.
Roast beef lunch at Cochrane was the order of the day. Briefly interrupted by a blast of wind blowing the Tenere over. With a weather not set to improve we flagged riding to Villa O'Higgins , setting off back up Ruta 7 and around to Chile Chico on the Southern side of Lago General Carrera.
Tomorrow is goodbye Southern Chile and hello Argentina.
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