patagonia rocks

The day after the marathon Tom, Patrick, Kirby, and myself headed south to Patagonia and the lakeside town of Bariloche, Argentina. It is beautiful.

We spent the next five days playing in the mountains and lakes of Patagonia, ate our share of delicious Argentinian steaks, drank a few bottles of their excellent wine, and even made it over to Chile to see the Pacific.

After Pat and Kirby flew off to the states, Tom and I headed for the mountains where we've been camping for the last week. More awesomeness. It's spring here and snowy still, and we're, as normal, mildly underprepared in terms of gear. No worries though, we've kept warm enough and have been living high on the fresh air and spectacular scenery that surrounds us.

Sorry for the lack of genuine photos -we don't have the camera/computer hook-ups here to let you see all the fun we've been up to. Soon enough.

Here are some of the views we've been looking at (thanks to others' websites).

the mountains around Bariloche.

and the lakes. So perty.

We spent last night in this little haven in the mountains. Snowy and cozy and could've stayed for a month, but we've got friends to meet up with and so much more to see.

Tomorrow we're headed to Mendoza, Argentina, land of cheap and excellent wine and more pretty mountains. From there we'll head back into Bolivia to play with friends we left behind and see the western side we've yet to see.