I´m in the middle of

I´m in the middle of nowhere, yet they have internet. It is somehow fitting to the current state of the world. And I am an internet junkie. I couldn´t resist the call of the monitors.
Patagonia is still TOTALLY AWESOME. At the moment we are at Refugio Paine Grande in Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. We expected to find a fairly bare bones building to go along with the name “refugio”…however, this place is great! It´s like a mountain lodge — with a breath-taking view of the Cuernos del Paine, I might add — for only $30 a night!
I am really sad that our trip is coming to an end. Tomorrow, on to Punta Arenas with a stop to see penguins, then Monday to Santiago, and Tuesday night we get on a place back to the US. I will miss Patagonia.
TONS of photos to come, of course. Everyone is making fun of me for my heavy backpack full of my “camera store´s worth of stuff” but I shall have the last laugh.