Route Tracker (track our southbound ride on a Google Map)
One of the sites we were most looking forward to seeing was the confluence of the Baker and Neff Rivers. Today was that day.
The Baker is the largest river in Chile (as measured by volume). It’s so blue and beautiful. And in places – very powerful. It’s a also a popular destination for river rafters.
You can see in the above pic where the Neff comes in at the top and the brilliant blue Baker River joins. There’s some good shots in today’s video as well.
And we saw our first guanacos today!
The Patagonian colors have changed from green to brown in some areas yet the landscapes are still magnificent. When climbing on a bike there is always something to look at.
Immense effort (as well as planning and pesos) is needed to build the Carretera Austral. We saw evidence of that today in the amount of road construction. There was a lot of it.
We got to Cochrane in the afternoon and will take a zero tomorrow for our last resupply before O’Higgins. We have an extra day and thunderstorms are also forecasted so it’s a good day to hangout. 👍🏻
Tom’s been finding the hostels, campsites and restaurants using a combo of iOverlander and Google Maps. This is what he had to say about our timing. 😂
We ride all day and get to our campsite/hostal around 5:00. We check in and we are the only ones there. I am thinking “how do they stay in business”. We shower up, get organized and walk in to town for a dinner at a local restaurant. We are the only ones there. I am thinking they might want to close early and we need to hurry up and order. We eat and check out around 8, and by then the place is packed. We go back to the campsite/hostal and the place is packed. So I guess our timing is good in finding available places to stay eat.
Keep Calm and Pedal On 