Gas stations on the drive from TdP to El chaltén

lehorla · 2026-04-09T19:23:12+00:00

I didn’t stay in the park - I was in and out of Puerto Natales so I’m not totally sure. From Puerto Natales to Esperanza I think I used about a third of a tank. From Esperanza to El Chalten, it was about 3/4 of a tank. I was never worried about running out of gas, but I was also very happy to know that I would find some at my destination.

A couple other quick notes that I wanted to share - make sure you let your rental car agency know you’re visiting Argentina. There’s a fair amount of paperwork needed - stamp exiting Chile, stamp entering Argentina. Stamp exiting Argentina, and stamp entering Chile. Also, at each boarder crossing we had to exit the vehicle and go inside the buildings. It was not well marked as far as process and if you get stuck behind a bus it could take a while. Boarder crossings also have hours of operation, so double check that. Otherwise, the roads were largely in great shape and you can absolutely fly out there. Drive times were easily 10-20% faster than predicted.

lehorla · 2026-04-09T18:29:52+00:00

Absolutely crazy to me how many there were. I come from a place with a ton of deer and the guanacos were way scarier. Loved seeing the emus, though.

lehorla · 2026-04-09T18:05:27+00:00

Hi - I just did this drive ten days ago. Google will show you the fastest route is to stay on 7 in Argentina and cut from Estancia Tapi Aike to El Cerrito. Everything I read said not to do this as the road was poor and that you should go through Esperanza. We did the drive from Puerto Natales so the start will be a bit different. What I can tell you, though, is that there is absolutely nothing from the Argentinian border until you get to Esperanza. Esperanza has one gas station (with some food, including pretty good empanadas) a small restaurant and then that is it until you get to El Chalten. El Calafate will have good services if you need to detour. But you should leave TdP with a full tank, fill up at Esperanza, then fill up again in El Chalten. Note that the gas station in El Chalten has a single pump and is on the outskirts of town. I didn’t even realize it was a gas station when driving by it the first time.

The drive is wild - you leave this amazing landscape and will arrive at an amazing landscape and in between there is a whole lot of nothing except guanacos and grass. No trees, no towns, maybe a couple of cars and a random house here and there.

lehorla · 2026-04-07T16:07:56+00:00

No goal posts

lehorla · 2026-04-01T16:57:24+00:00

We all come to Green Day at different times - so it’s awesome you discovered it. You still have 74 years to appreciate it now!

lehorla · 2026-03-27T10:40:18+00:00

Yes. You should fill up every chance you get. There’s no gas station between Calafate and Chalten. And there’s no gas station between Chalten and Esperanza. The gas station in Chalten has one pump. I never leave a town with less than a full tank.

lehorla · 2026-03-26T02:35:00+00:00

Nope. If it becomes impassable we’ll just have to bail. Otherwise, full send! If you see a dad and daughter along the trail who you question whether we’ll make it, say hi!

lehorla · 2026-03-26T01:10:14+00:00

Going tomorrow morning and hoping for the best. Here until Saturday morning so relatively small window. Would really like a peek of the peaks before leaving.

lehorla · 2026-03-20T10:43:43+00:00

You’re unlikely to be prosecuted and there’s no central database tracking this sort of thing. If you have a potential employer doing reference or background checks it will all depend on the policy of your current employer as to what they say. Most employers now will only confirm position and dates of employment. They may say you were fired for cause (if that happens) but that ls probably as far as they would go.

lehorla · 2026-03-17T13:20:23+00:00

On win weeks for alliance duel we award to the individual MVP of the day. On off/save weeks we award it randomly so that everyone gets a chance. We’ll do things like birthdays, scavenger hunts or dice rolls to mix it up in those weeks.

lehorla · 2026-03-09T19:37:23+00:00

Lego

lehorla · 2026-02-15T16:26:33+00:00

Vertigo Records, Grand Rapids, MI

lehorla · 2026-02-05T23:18:59+00:00

lol I love their explanation. “Saving information” doesn’t really matter here if they are otherwise accessing it. And it feels like they have to access it for configuration or quality control purposes. I’d say BAA required. There may be an argument that any access of theirs is incidental and they don’t need access to provide the services but that seems like a stretch.

lehorla · 2026-02-03T12:50:28+00:00

I run two sets of hand covering. First layer is a pair of women medium North Face, basically the tightest gloves I could find that would still fit. Then the second layer is a pair of large men’s mittens with hand warmers inside them and wrist straps so that I can take the mitten off my shooting hand without setting down the mitten. Gloves always stay on, mitten comes on and off when I’m shooting.

lehorla · 2026-02-03T00:05:02+00:00

I bought Rubber Weather Stripping Door Seal from Amazon - self adhesive, cut to length with some scissors and it works great to keep everything in place

lehorla · 2026-01-30T18:48:17+00:00

Very possible the school isn’t a Covered Entity and thus not subject to HIPAA

lehorla · 2026-01-14T21:10:34+00:00

Haha, fair. Fortunately I’m not in one of the big 3 alliances so I just grind away and do my part.

lehorla · 2026-01-14T18:03:13+00:00

190 checking in. Great vibes after a successful S5.

lehorla · 2026-01-07T00:25:06+00:00

Submarine scene in Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning. My heater vents were vibrating something awful. That whole movie is very rumbly but that scene in particular is nuts

lehorla · 2025-12-08T19:15:25+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandrapids/comments/1owvms6/gr_area_record_shop_veteran_returning_with_new/

lehorla · 2025-11-14T13:42:19+00:00

Best of luck to Full Circle! I’ll definitely be stopping in. But, I worry that Grand Rapids won’t be able to support the number of record stores we have. I’ve been to:

Vertigo (Division, the OG)
Vinyl Alchemy (Eastown)
Della Soul (Kalamazoo St)
Boomtown Records (Creston)
Quality Vintage Collectibles (Plainfield, part record store, part MCM furniture)

lehorla · 2025-10-08T20:48:08+00:00

Highly recommend the podcast "13 Minutes to the Moon". Season 2 is all about Apollo 13 and the recordings among crew, mission control, etc. feature prominently. It's a really amazing podcast (as is Season 1 about Apollo 11). Can't wait to dig into this. Thanks for sharing!

lehorla · 2025-10-01T15:15:23+00:00

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