Shoo Fly!!!!!

Well, we’ve added another hike to our list of “never agains”. Our guidebook suggested a day hike to the top of Cerro Alto Dedal, a peak overlooking a good portion of the national park. We set out pretty early knowing it would be a long day. The first two hours of the hike were spent bushwhacking our way through an endless forest of bamboo shoots and thorny bushes so thick that it was like walking through a tunnel. Suddenly, relief……..or so we thought. We had reached the rocky (and plant-free) ridge leading up to the summit. This is where the swarming began. Mutant horse flies the size of quarters!!!! The were incessant….buzzing and circling around our heads, in our ears. We pushed on until the torture was too much. After five hours of hiking we didn’t have anything to show for it.

Pictures of Patagonia Road Trip #2