Remembering the mountains

I was thinking about the mountains in South America today - we were describing our trip last winter to our visiting relatives (my dad and his wife). They were spared the digital version of our "slideshow" from the trip, which actually would have been quite nice; I would have enjoyed it!Posted with ...

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Queulat National Park (another hike)

A magical park in Chilean Patagonia, along the Carretera Austral, is Queulat National Park.  The hikes, views, etc. were all wonderful: the link takes you to previous posts.Here are a few images and thoughts around our last hike before we moved south.We had looked for this trail before, and hadn't...

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Argentinian Patagonia

In the Argentinan side of Patagonia, the drier vegetation (because of the rain shadow effect) is evident.We drove along a lot of gravel roads (really rather remote and seemingly untraveled) in this part of our trip.  There wasn't cell service (even if we'd had "smart" phones along). And our other...

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Queulat National Park

I'm trying to find time to get back to our trip to Patagonia, among way too many distractions.Here's an view of a wonderfully powerful river, below the hanging glacier in Queulat National Park, in Chile, off the Carretera Austral.It's a wonderful place....

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Queulat National Park

This is a wonderful national park along the Carretera Austral in Chilean Patagonia. I've already posted an image of the hanging glacier (spectacular!)Along another trail, the Bosque Encantando (Enchanted Forest), the moss diversity (and that of other bryophytes) was nothing short of amazing.along the...

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Carretera Austral and Queulat National Park

I've gotten totally out of sequence (travel-wise) with my postings, but here are some wonderful images that evoke the experience of Chilean (Northern) Patagonia along the Carretera Austral.Hanging Glacier in Quelat National ParkThe hanging glacier is a stand-out hike (in Quelat National Park). ...

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Chilean Patagonia and the Carretera Austral

Jumping around in our travels again, here are some images from a hike in Chilean Patagonia (off the Carretera Austral, a historically gravel road now being regraded and paved through much of its length.)The Chilean side of Patagonia is much wetter than the Argentinian side, so the vegetation is a LOT...

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Ruta 40 (Argentina)

Jumping ahead in our travels, here's an image on the Argentinian side, from our journey back north on Ruta 40, a legendary north-south route, stretching from far north to south in Argentina.Ruta 40It's largely paved now, but we bumped along some pretty remote graveled roads from the Chilean border crossing...

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More waterfalls

 Waterfalls are on my mind; not only did we see a lot of them over winter break, but my gardening companion is currently sending off his talk descriptions for scheduled programs about waterfalls and wildflowers (hmm, I always get to "review" them before they go).Here's the same amazing waterfall...

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Ruta de Siete Lagos

All of the seven lakes were perfectly blue.After flying to Bariloche, we headed north on the Ruta de Siete Lagos, a truly breathtaking circuit.Argentina is a (VERY) large country -- it was a two hour flight to Bariloche from Buenos Aires.The first lake was amazing. My companion had to take a swim (in...

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Bariloche, Argentina Lake District, Patagonia

View from Cerro CampanarioPosted with Blo...

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