So, Halloween was Jimmy's birthday... so Isi (on the right in the picture) made him a very nice cake... and improvised a candle. People were dressed up -- I don't know if you can tell? In the middle is Hunter dressed as Curious George, and the Man with the Yellow hat is to the right of him. We had super hero show up, and knight in shining armor, Facebook Man, came... and several others.
We left Isla Sombrero after spending two nights there and then we began heading back toward Isla Merino Jarpa. Once we arrived at the very west end we turned north again to begin making our way back to Tortel by way of the north side of the Island. The north side of Isla Merino Jarpa is amazing... lots of steep granite walls, ancient looking ferns, and many, many waterfalls.
Here we are traveling back east. The weather continued to change daily. Some days it rained all day, other days were cloudy with little rain but lots of humidity, and then occasionally we would get a sunny day. When you are living outside for weeks on end you really appreciate the sun! But, Patagonia is so beautiful even when it's cloudy and the weather is inclimate. The extremes are why many people come to visit and why very few people live here!
Eventually we made it to Coleta Guillardo, a shallow beach about 20 miles from our ending point. We gave the students the option of pushing on and trying to travel up to the Stephenn Glacier. But with just 5 days left to get to our pick-up we would really have to push it. In the end the students decided to take a more relaxed approach to the last few days of sea kayaking and do some day hiking and exploring on land that we hadn't had time for thus far. Coleta Guillarda was a good place for hiking because the forest here is thin and there is a lot of open rocky space to get up high and see the views
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