Passing through Punta Arenas

53 10.021 S, 070 54.785 W Punta Arenas

After almost six months in the United States, it was time to return to Windarra and cruising.

Monday afternoon we left Seattle and Tuesday evening we arrived at Punta Arenas after stops in Dallas, Santiago and Puerto Montt. James of SV Anasazi Girl met us at the airport with his friend, Dan, who lives in Punta Arenas and has a truck to help us get our 4 suitcases and 2 backpacks to our hostel, Rentahome.

James and his wife, Somira plus kids Tormentina, Raivol and Pearl have been taking care of Windarra in Puerto Williams and are visiting Punta Arenas. They are a big help to us. Today James helped us coordinate having our new AGM batteries transferred to the Yaghan, the ferry we will take on Thursday to Puerto Williams.

This afternoon we went to the Hiper Lidor, one of the large supermarkets here in Punta Arenas. We stocked up on items that we can not get in Puerto Williams, like Heinz ketchup, cream of mushroom soup, peanut butter and dry salami. Now in addition to our luggage we have 4 boxes of food to take along.

Even though the calendar indicates it is spring time in the Southern Hemisphere, the air is nippy, wind and whitecaps on the straits of Magellan and snow on the mountains of Tierra deal Fuego. Tomorrow we will board the ferry for our two night journey through the canals.

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