Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Adios Argentina y Hola Chile- En Fotos

In hopefully chronological order we will try to throw up a few photos of our past few weeks:

Tracy at a river we hiked to from our farm in Epuyen, Argentina. A large forest fire burned out this area a few years back, so the growth is all new. We got to hear interesting stories of the small community pulling together in response to the fire.


Adam´s favorite job on th farm. Loosens the soil very nicely before planting. Broccoli, lettuce, and raddishes went in this plot afterwards.



Tracy in our little bedroom at the Epuyen farm. The brick/clay oven in the background was used for much of our baking.


Adam crossing a bridge on our way to the cajon azul. The bridge is actually more rickety than it looks. Many of the planks were broken making us wonder who the poor soul was that had the unpleasant experience of breaking it over the icy river.


Our ultimate destination, the Cajon Azul. Beautiful little canyon near El Bolson, Argentina.


Adam back to milking sheep for delicious cheese.


We successfully crossed into Chile and made it to the Chiloe Islands. This is our campsite, which is breathtakingly beautiful. We are in the town of Ancud.


Tracy ordered what we knew to be the local special, "curanto." We did not know exactly what it was. Tracy had the restaurant taking bets on whether or not she could finish it (nope, not even with Adam´s help).



Speaking of food, we had another Chile specialty our first night. We cannot remember the name, but it was a bed of french fries covered in cheese, hot dogs, beef tips, italian sausage, dill pickles, pickled carrots and cauliflower, mayonaise, mustard, hot sauce, and boiled eggs. Organic it was not, bloody AWESOME, it was.

This morning we rode a fishing boat out to a penguin colony and a sea lion colony. Very beautiful, interesting and incredible creatures to see up close. We really did take these pictures from the boat.

6 comments:

Carol said...

OK, the penguins and the sea lions make the entire trip worthwhile. The awesome food is just a bonus. You're looking good...thanks for the pictures.

Anonymous said...

WOW!! What a great set of photos...penguins are my favorite but loved the rest, as well!
Los Padres

Church Lady Chronic-ails said...

I sent the pics of the penguins to Allie, she loves those critters.
Will you be able to ever tell us all that has happened with you? So many things every day. It is amazing. bewildering wonderment!
Love you
me

helms said...

Bridge looks scary. I don't know if I could have done it.
Are you tired? You look a little tired, but it might be the "well traveled" look. Hard to distinguish.
I like those seals. Can you bring one home. John Tyson needs playmate.
mom went to Canada recently and ate a similar french fry thing. She called it "Poutine" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine Wonder if the two are related somehow.

helms said...

Another thought,
I'd be interested in hearing what if any impact this journey is having on your faith experience. If you get a chance to reflect and blog about it, that'd be great!

Adam and Tracy said...

we both take a while to digest the things we see and experience, but we will try to put some posts up soon with a little more depth/meaning.