Autumn’s my favourite of the seasons of Patagonia, the nothofagus trees creating incredible colours here, and the weather less wet than in summer (and warmer than winter, of course). Quarantine’s meant we’ve been a bit less busy, so I shot some pictures this time, mostly while walking the doggy. These leaves are falling as we enter May.
In March first reds/yellows appear in leaves
March – the harbour shores are still green mainly
The red colour descends from the higher hillsides, because of the colder air there
In April the autumn colours predominate
The forest is nothofagus about entirely, though there are subvarieties apparently
Above the trees are Argentina’s mountains on the Beagle’s other side
Chilean fishing craft in front of the Beagle
Colours coming down the hillside
The trees are at their brightest for a week or two only, before the leaves turn brown and blow away
The red slopes behind the city are shifting into brown by start of May
Sunset now falls at six or so, earlier every day
Tied to the Pontón Micalvi, the stranded naval vessel that acts as dock in Puerto Williams, are boats of two varieties, all moored onto one another in rows with the last to arrive outside. There are the charterers, with their trips in the summer to Cape Horn or to Antarctica, and there are the cruisers, stopping for a few months at the tip of South America before they turn north from here. But one yacht’s never left Micalvi in the years we’ve known the place, innermost boat in the innermost row throughout that time, next to Micalvi with six visitors outside. 
