This day also strated early.  Our alarms were set for 5AM but Katie was so excited to see sunrise on the Torres that she woke up at 4AM and couldn´t go back to sleep.  She was like a kid at Christmas.  The trail to the base of the Torres and look out point was about 45 minutes with quite a bit of scrambling across a boulder field (easier up then down - thank goodness for reflective markers that led the way in the dark.) We were there and situated (tripod and all) before 6AM.  The Torres were in clear view above a small lake at their base.  Much to our dismay, the sun never broke through.  We never saw the Torres turn that famed pink, red and orange.  The Torres wer still amazing impressive and Lee got some great pictures.  I guess we´ll have to just come back for sunrise a different time.

We returned the way we came the previous day and weren´t quite as fortunate with the weather.  The skies weren´t so blue and they spit on us a little.  We reached the trailhead around 1pm where we regrouped and REALLY started the circuit.  The maps and signs ALL said the next chunk was approximately 4 hours long.  They all lied.  It took nearly 6 hours.  It was after the fact that we realized the map was wrong and should have read 9 miles not 9 km.

This trail was completely different than that to the Torres.  It was green, rolling grassland with field full of wildflowers.  The trail was lined with clovers, dandelions and hundreds of daisies - all being pollinated by the biggest orange bumble bees.  They were EVERYWHERE!  About half way to Seron (our destination for the day) we looked out over the Valle Encantado and Paine River.  It was beautiful.  But as gorgeous as it was - those last 3 miles were the LONGEST MILES.  Katie never thought the trail would end.  Fortunately those miles were through beautiful fields of daisies and the quietest river you´ve ever heard.  Never have we seen so many daisies.  And we even think we saw a cople of parrots!

When we finally got to Seron (where we had camp reservations and had pre-paid for food) the Senora there was unaware we were coming.  Luckily our printed email exchange proved our word and she managed to whip up dinner for us.  It was the largest plate of pasta bolognese either of us have ever eaten.  We camped in the grass with about 20 other tents and 6 million mosquitoes (Lee had 3 enormous welts on his forehead) and tried to recover from our 16 mile day.