Day 32 The Road to "Glaciar Exploradores" March 15, 2018

     In the afternoon we decided to head 34 miles west of Puerto Rio Tranquilo up a gravel to dirt road called Bahia Exploradores to see the "Glaciar Exploradores" or the Exploradores Glacier. 


     When we set out on the gravel road, the sky was just starting to turn dark and yet we didn't have rain. 




     We traveled for quite a while, heading up the mountain's winding gravel road when it started to rain.

     
and rain



and rain.

We continued on up as the gravel road turned to mud 

and massive boulders lined each side of our now one lane road.

Across the way, we could see beautiful waterfalls streaming off the mountains.

And as we rounded the next precarious corner, we saw our own waterfalls

 pounding down onto the road.

And as we were only a mile from our destination, the heavens opened up even more! 

We rounded the corner and 

hmm with one mile to go, should we or shouldn't we go on?

We decided that even though the road appeared to be washing out before our eyes, we could make it...the real question was, could we make it back?

It took a while, but we made it safely back down 

to Puerto Rio Tranquilo.