Saturday, February 7th: After leaving El Calafate, we sped along a paved portion of Route 40, only to be slowed later by the ripio that has made this highway infamous. We stopped for a welcome repreive in Las Leones for "cafe con leche " (we can ALL say that now) and some delicious desserts. There, we learned the same hotel/cafe had been used previously by none other than Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, who used the hotel in the late 1800's to lay low for a month after a bank heist. Then, it was more ripio to cover before we arrived in Gobernador Gregores. The plan to camp was quickly altered by the arrival of rain and we luckily found ourselves a house to rent, which we quickly sullied with fresh mud as we once again trundled all the essentials (Read: "luggage and G and T mix") inside.
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