Day 21 Santiago to Puerto Montt Chile

It was a relatively short flight of 2.2 hours from Santiago to Puerto Montt. The flight took me along the last real high portion of the Andes. I never really thought about the fact that something like 20% of all of the active volcanoes in the world are in Chile.

Everywhere you look there are volcanoes.
These were in the mid teens high and I was at 23,000 feet.
Rugged landscape.
There was one active volcano on this leg. There was actually a notam for the ash to make sure you didn't fly through it. Tomorrow there is a notam for another active volcano too.
You can see the smoke and ash coming out of the crater to the left. That is not a cloud it is a layer of ash.
Another active volcano in the distance.
This is the Wine country of Chile.
As I near Puerto Montt the terrain becomes wine growing areas and lakes. They call it the lake district.
Pretty!
Everywhere!
Oh crap those clouds are exactly where I need to land. I had to do a VOR approach to minimums and 15 minutes after I landed it was brilliant blue skys. That is the Pacific Ocean out on the right.
Short final. These are hard to take once I take it off auto pilot and try to snap the photo and land the plane at the same time. But hey what is more important?
Chris' shot on the ground in Puerto Montt.
The Chilean Army and Air Force were having military maneuvers today and technically the airport was closed - but here that just means that you have to argue and wait and it will all be worked out.
I was kind of right in the middle of the goings on today. This is a Cessna jet trainer called a A37 .
An F16 going by.
Thierry working double duty.
Seriously 2 Cessna 206's in formation. Go figure.
Puerto Montt. View from the Holiday Inn Express.
View of the bay.
Straight down.
Back the other way.

Tomorrow I am flying to Puerto Natalis. There is no fuel there but it is the closest entrance to the Torres Del Pines Park which I will stay for two nights. After that it is another 100 miles to Punta Arenas and a fuel stop and that is as far South as I go and then I turn back to the North.