THIS IS THE "WAY" TO COCHRANE CHILE
THIS IS THE "ROAD" TO COCHRANE CHILE
AFTER TWO DAYS OF TRYING TO HOOK UP WITH BUS SOUTH I DECIDED TO START OUT HITCH & HIKE AND LOOK FOR BUS TO COME ALONG THE WAY
THESE NOTES BEGIN TO LOOK THE SAME WITH
NO BUSES - FERNANDO IS LOST IN COYHAIQUE
FIRST HITCH WTH BRICK MASON ON WAY TO WORK IN BAHIA JARA
THIS IS WHERE FIRST HITCH LET ME OUT
7 KM OUT OF CHILE CHICO
BACKSEAT OF HITCH #2 WITH CHILEAN MINERS
THIS IS WHERE HITCH #2 LET ME OUT
I BEGAN A VERY LONG ROAD WALK
VIEW OF MINERAL MINE
THIS IS WHAT I HAD LEFT
TO COCHRANE CHILE AFTER HITCH #2
VIEW FROM HIGH ABOVE GENERAL CARRERA LAKE
ROAD IS HIGH ABOVE GENERAL CARRERA LAKE
DURING MY WALK BETWEEN HITCH #2 & #3
HORSES AS I HITCHED & HIKED RUTA 265
THIS IS ABOUT WHERE HITCH #3 PICKED ME UP AFTER A VERY VERY LONG ROAD WALK.
WE ARE HEADED FOR COCHRANE!
HITCH #3 STOPPED FOR PHOTOS BY
GENERAL CARRERA LAKE
BACKSEAT VIEW DURING RUTA 265 HITCH #3
THESE AMIGOS WERE SUPER NICE AND SHARED ALL KINDS OF FOOD AND JUICE AND SNACKS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY A MOST GENEROUS RIDE!
ROAD BRIDGE OVER RIVER CANYON
VIEW OF ONE OF THE MANY PATAGONIA
"LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRARIE" HOMESTEADS
BERTRAND LAKE WHERE HITCH #3 DISCOVERED THEY ARE GOING WRONG WAY
BERTRAND LAKE LIGHT RAIN BEGINS
THIS IS WHERE HITCH #3 LET ME OUT AFTER THEY HAD TO DOUBLE BACK TO INTERSECTION WITH HWY 7 & RUTA 265. JUST ABOUT DARK AND LIGHT RAIN TWO TRUCKS PASSED ME BY AND THEN A PICKUP STOPPED AND OFFERED ME A RIDE TO COCHRANE. HITCH #4 HOP IN BACK OF PICKUP BURRRRRR NOT BAD COMPARED TO SPENDING THE NIGHT BY THE ROAD! AND THIS AMIGO COULD HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE DAYTONA 500 THE WAY HE NEGOTIATED THE 65KM OF MOUNTAIN ROAD TO COCHRANE. WHEN WE GOT TO COCHRANE THE TWO COUPLES WANTED TO BE SURE I HAD FOOD AND PLACE TO STAY :) OUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS BEYOND COMPARE!
HELLO FROM THE KLEMMS IN GERMANY !
