Still in Puerto Natales but itīs not so bad because for some reason I really like this dumpy little port town. The weather started to break this morning and if it holds out today I might be able to enter the park tomorrow afternoon. If thatīs the case Iīll definitely finish in time to catch my flight home, but of course now Iīm thinking of just blowing off the flight anyway and hiking up the two valleys on the W trail to extend the trek by 2 or 3 days. Why the fuck not? Best park in South America, I say. Also thereīs this other gringo here at this place where Iīm staying whoīs spent a bunch of time working at research stations in Antartica and now I canīt really stop thinking about how cool it would be to work down there, some grunt job for 8 months saving every penny and the hitting the road for a year afterwards. Thatīs a few years down the line, weīll see. Also the most recent post I did a couple days ago wonīt show up for me on this computer, someone should post be a comment to tell me if they can see it. Cool, off to cruise this town some more and check out the boat graveyard and sing Modest Mouse songs to myself.
Posted by steve at March 9, 2003 08:05 AM