No day on this trip really started early, and this was the first of January, but a fine day for a long ride. It began with breaking camp along the Futaleufu River, followed by the border crossing formalities to return to Chile. Then there was a leisurely brunch in the town of Futaleufu, and a stop for additional fuel at a hardware store (there is no formal gas station in this little town, and the owners of the hardware store were not exactly wide awake at noon on this New Years Day.)