There is some impatience to get going. GANNET2 is at the mechanics shop getting the coolant leak checked and Emiliano is giving our van a look over to see if anything else needs to be taken care of before we leave.
Layne is buried much of the time in one of two activities, cooking as she feels eating out isn’t worth it in this expensive country, and route planning as she is ready to be on the road.
I get grumpy if you interrupt me while I’m writing these posts and Layne gets grumpy if you interrupt her in the kitchen, so I stay out. “I want my microwave,” she announces to the four walls from time to time. Or substitute “air fryer” tools that run off 110 volts and can’t be plugged in to Uruguay’s 220 volt network. And the van, our source of 110 volts is now in the shop. When it was parked here she would do half the meal onboard GANNET2 and take advantage of our 12 volt fridge for extra storage space. We both hope GANNET2 will be back tonight or tomorrow at the very latest. 
And then we will start a slow process of reloading our home, tossing out stuff we don’t use and trying to question every packing decision. With luck we hope to be on the road this week. Maria-José is expected back at the weekend from Argentina so if we left Thursday it would be close enough, Layne is climbing the walls. 
Rusty is healed and these days I think he suffers more from arthritic cold and old age more than anything else. We want to tour Uruguay a little more then drive west to Argentina. Our goal is to be in Arequipa Perú by August though how we get there is uncertain. On the map below we have two possible routes, we will have a better idea which way to go when we are on the road. 
We have run out of time to visit Brazil as we have used up our six months and Bolivia is still uncertain even though the post election rioting and road blockades have died down. Also most of the country is over 12,000 feet so winter cold is a factor. 
At any rate the urge to move is upon us. This living in one place is wearing us out. 
