There wasn't a hotel in Linares that we could stay in, so we acutally spent the night in Talca agian then just drove to Linares. The first evening we drove down to Linares (20 miles) to meet up with some members Camron got close to on his mission. We were able to meet up with his friend Alex, who is our age, and meet his wife Victoria and their daughter Sofia. We had a great time with them and they cooked us some great food!
The next morning we got up and headed back to Linares so we could go to church with Alex and his family. We left plenty early (good thing), and we had about 1/4 tank of gas left. (We were getting around 300 miles per tank.) So we thought we would be fine until Linares. Well, the gas gage must have been broken, because about 5 miles out of Linares the gas light came on. Then 1 mile from our exit WE RAN OUT GAS!!! ON THE FREEWAY IN CHILE!!! I was laughing so hard...just because everything had kept going wrong the whole trip!!
So, I stayed in the car with all over lugage and locked myself in. Camron got out of the car and hitch hiked into Linares. He actually got picked up with in a few minutes and they nice people dropped him off at Alex's house. They got gas and made it back to the car. And we still made it to church!! What an adventure!!
Camron hitch hiking to Linares!!
Getting gas in the car
We also got to go to this cool "piscina" (pool) up in the mountains. It is this place along the river where the rocks form a swimming hole. The water was FREEZING!! Just like everywhere else we had been in Chile it was Beautiful! We had a blast! In the pictures you can see how clear the water is. In the main pool area, you could see the bottom and it probably was at least 15 ft deep!
The next morning we got up and headed back to Linares so we could go to church with Alex and his family. We left plenty early (good thing), and we had about 1/4 tank of gas left. (We were getting around 300 miles per tank.) So we thought we would be fine until Linares. Well, the gas gage must have been broken, because about 5 miles out of Linares the gas light came on. Then 1 mile from our exit WE RAN OUT GAS!!! ON THE FREEWAY IN CHILE!!! I was laughing so hard...just because everything had kept going wrong the whole trip!!
So, I stayed in the car with all over lugage and locked myself in. Camron got out of the car and hitch hiked into Linares. He actually got picked up with in a few minutes and they nice people dropped him off at Alex's house. They got gas and made it back to the car. And we still made it to church!! What an adventure!!
Camron hitch hiking to Linares!!
Getting gas in the car
We also got to go to this cool "piscina" (pool) up in the mountains. It is this place along the river where the rocks form a swimming hole. The water was FREEZING!! Just like everywhere else we had been in Chile it was Beautiful! We had a blast! In the pictures you can see how clear the water is. In the main pool area, you could see the bottom and it probably was at least 15 ft deep!
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What an adventure! Also, I love the gorgeous photos of the waterfall in your post below. SO GORGEOUS!!
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