The best laid plans often go astray!

Yea!!!!!  Wednesday is here and Suzanne will arrive in Puerto Montt at 2 pm.  Well, because of a missed connection in Dallas, she arrives at 6:30 pm.  The three sibs together again for the first time in years!!!

We head for the market for a salmon dinner.

We arrive back at the trailer after dark, but we are up the next morning and catch the ferry at 7:30 am.

This first ferry is a short 30 minute trip.  Then we have about a 30 mile drive to our next ferry which is a 5 hour ride.  Here we are at Caleda Puelche already.  Time to drive off the ferry.

Our drive to Hornopiren is a rough, dusty drive and we lose the connection end that supplies the power to the trailer lights.  Rob says it is OK because there won't be many others on the road anyway.  Along the way we get closer to a vulture than I have ever been before.

However, we arrive in Hornopiren and find out that not only did we just miss a ferry, but all ferries are booked until Feb. 10th.  The best laid plans....... It is not meant for spontaneos travelers I guess.  Well, we haven't even had breakfast yet as we wanted to catch the early ferries, so we drive to a little seaside park to cook.  There are horses roaming in the park.

The area looks like the inland passage in Alaska.

Disappointed we retrace our journey knowing that we will have to deal with the electrics on the trailer as we will be in traffic going back this way.

Passing a ferry going the other way

Back again in Caleda La Arena

and heading north again, avoiding Ruta 5 where we know we can't go with no back lights.  The search is on for a new campsite.