Our hotel room came with a balcony and unbelievable views of the Torres del Paine Towers – completely different perspective in morning and evening light. We started our day driving to the Nordenskjol viewpoint along the way we saw the towers from different vantage points, the Rio Serrano River and the winding roads to the parks entrance gate. Of course, it started raining as soon as we entered the park. Still the road was very scenic driving past jagged peaks, lakes and thick forests on our way to the Salto Grande waterfall and the end of the world trail. The trail ended with another Tower view fronted by a Hidden Lake. During our return hike we spotted one of smallest owls I have ever seen maybe 6 inches tall.
We continued the scenic drive along the Paine River and Lake Pehoe to view the Cascade Paine. One last stop on the way back to our hotel was Grey Lake with its grey beach and distant glacier. It was pouring rain when we arrived with wind gusting to 40 mph. As we hiked the rain diminished with a few moments of a rainbow and a glorifying view of the glacier which was 12 MI away.  The return hike was a washout with sheets of rain and a constant 30+ mph wind. We headed back to the hotel to dry out & have dinner.