Sorry I'm late I was collecting some rocks

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My alarm went off bright and early at 5:30am to start my hike. I was excited and freezing cold so it was easy to wake up. I went to the bathroom to fill my water bottle, ate two packs of cookies, and was ready to go by 5:45am. I went over to Dana/Kristin's tent and they were still waking up. I sat in my tent to stay warm while they went to the bathroom to get ready. AN HOUR LATER AT 6:45am they were ready to go. I was very mad but I brushed it off to make it a positive experience. Tara and Cynthia were too scared/lazy to go so they stayed and slept. The three of us pushed off a little before 7am. It looked to be about a 2hr hike up, and 2hrs back without any packs if we hustled.

We pushed off and made really good time without the weight of our packs/human anchors Cynthia and Tara. It was a really nice hike with some cool lakes. There were chunks of glacier floating in the water but at one point I actually took my shirt off to cool down...the temperature changes were pretty dramatic.

We made it to glacier grey and it was really really cool. We were there a little after sunrise and we were the only ones at the lookout point. We were only able to stay about 15 minutes but I will always remember it because it was really magnificent. Once again, pictures don't do it justice but its better than nuthin!

We hiked back to the campsite and literally RAN to catch the ferry outta town. We were the last on and barely it. I grabbed the unpacked tent, hugged it tight, and ran down to the dock with it flapping in my face. We got hot chocolate on the ferry and about a half hour later we were near the bus stop. Tara and Cynthia went for a little mini hike before the bus arrived but Dana Kristin and I had already paid our dues and we chilled in a grassy knoll and reminisced on our adventures. About 15 minutes before our bus came, it started pouring rain. Great timing. Kristin said she was really happy for the rain because it helped us appreciate all the good weather we had for hiking. We were waiting in the covered bus stop and met a Canadian man and a French woman.

We were feeling really good about our accomplishments the past four days in our adventurous hike until we talked to our new friends. They rode bikes down to Patagonia...from Canada. They have been riding around for 20 months and they came down through the Panama Canal and everything. Right when we thought we did something cool they totally showed us up! It was impressive nonetheless.

The bus came and we had a nice ride back to the cheese hostel. We were finally able to contact our families/friends that were worried about us from the earthquake! Dana's parents and Kristin's parents had them in tears quickly. We had no idea the earthquake was so serious. After we contacted everyone we had a huge dinner out at town and called it a night.