We then took a 4.5 hour van ride to our hotel at Torre del Paine. It is amazing country, quite desolate in places. Some of it looks like eastern Washington. Stopped at a small restaurant for lunch - tuna salad in a tomato half, split pea soup and fruit cocktail out of the can. The propriators were so nice and no one spoke English. My Spanish is getting better. Along the way we saw rheas, a kind of llama that only lives here and a fox as well as thousands of sheep. The hotel is very swanky - all wood, spare in decor and a killer view of the lake and mountains if the clouds lift. Dinner was up scale with steak or salmon (starting to see a trend here) expertly prepared. There are numerous excursions to chose from, so we selected 2 half day hikes for today (well Dean and JoAnn will probably only go on the morning one) and a full day tour to highlights the next day.
As I am writing this early in the morning, the wind is howling like a banshee. It must be >80mph. Doubt there will be much hiking. Now where is the coffee?
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