This is obviously some definition of "easy" that I'm not familiar with - 10 March 2009

And so our time in Patagonia comes to a close. We were supposed to hike up to the base of another glacier and then over to a pick-up point, where we'd be met by a van. All-in-all it was going to be an easy day of 4 hours or so.

Instead we found out that the bridge we were planning to use to cross the river was washed out. Plus, there wasn't a path up to the glacier - instead we would have had to scramble over a boulder field. Now I love to scramble, but it's not really Jen's thing, so we backtracked and went out another way. Thankfully, cell phone coverage is a lot better here than in the National Parks in the States, so our guide was able to call and arrange an alternate pick up.

Here's the glacier:


On the way out we spotted a couple of woodpeckers:

Male Woodpecker


Female Woodpecker

Once we got back to town it was time for a 4 hour bus ride back to El Calafate, and then a couple of days to do laundry and regroup. Today's moment of Zen is a sign from the bus: