After such a beautiful sunset on the lake last night despite not being able to actually see the sun as it dipped below the horizon, we decided that sunrise over the mountains at the other end of the lake would also be amazing. So alarms set, we peeked out this morning to no view at all, just damp silent air. An autumnal lake mist had taken over. It was dry enough to cook and eat breakfast outside and we packed up and continued on our way. As soon as we were away from the lake, the mist cleared and the sun was out.
Passing through Entre Lagos we stocked up with some food and petrol (for our stove) and then leaving the town also meant leaving tarmac again and we had a good 2.5hours of bumpy riding. Hard work, especially on unfit legs. In consolation except for the ongoing corrugations there was actually very little ascent or descent. For such flat country to ride through there were a couple of river gorges with bridges over them that were really deep and seemed to come out of nowhere. Passing these by we eventually came to a small village. We stopped at a small stream for lunch and yet again changed our destination travel plans. The lure of tarmaced roads won out over another 2hours of bumpy ripio. So instead of cycling towards Lago Ranco and the uncertainty of wild camping in a hugely agricultural farmed area we turned west down 20km of tarmaced road to the town Rio Bueno. My main worry about here was also accommodation as despite being a large town on the map, it certainly didn't appear to be touristy. It wasn't, but we found accommodation in a 'motel/cabana' and had an en suite double room to ourselves. Certainly adequate to rest some weary cyclists legs.
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