Sometimes it can be really windy here!  As an example of how strong the Patagonian winds can be, Mango was physically blown across the parking lot today.  It happened while we stopped to say hi to a German couple with a VW Eurovan in the trailhead parking lot of Torres del Paine National Park.  It was my fault for leaving Mango out of gear and not putting on the parking brake.  I never expected the squall that sent the Germans scrambling to shut their sliding door, and me turning around to see Mango rolling away.   Luckily, I was able to catch up with Mango and jump in the driver’s seat before she rolled into anything.  The German lady, to her great credit, jumped in the passenger’s door to help just as I was applying the brakes.  Catastrophe averted, and the spontaneous good-will of strangers experienced yet again.

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