Luna was, apparently, the third visitor to our caba\u00f1a this morning. According to Mary Lou, Paz and Juan came by around seven to say good-bye. (Ethan and I were still asleep at seven, and our parents didn\u2019t notice them.) Fortunately, Mary Lou came by after breakfast to say her own good-byes and give us the email addresses for Paz and Juan. At some point during the conversation, Luna slunk out of our house. Dad thinks she\u2019s pregnant\u2014she really is a skinny kitty except for her belly.<\/p>\n
Mary Lou told us that Paz\u2019s family is from Buenos Aires Province, and her dad is a veterinarian. Of course, Mom then had to say how our cousin is in veterinary school and all that. The family had left early to go on a seven-hour hike. We did a shorter hike\u2014it was about 200 meters, actually, to a creek up near a glacier in the mountains surrounding Lago Mascardi. We also saw the Black Glacier, which is really just a glacier covered in a layer of dirt. These were the first glaciers Ethan and I\u2019ve seen that I can remember. Mom went on to tell us a story about blue ice, how when she and Dad were in Alaska, they went on a plane ride around a glacier, took lots of pictures, and then got home and discovered that the blue part doesn\u2019t show up on film.<\/p>\n
The road system in that section of Parque Nacional Lago Nahuel Huapi is somewhat confusing: at the end, eight kilometers are both ways. There is also a section at the beginning, about twenty kilometers, which is both ways. After a corner, it\u2019s one way. Starting at four, you could drive back from the glaciers to the park entrance\/exit. We left after a meal of sandwiches and salad.<\/p>\n
When we drove into town, we found part of a hill on fire. It seems like fire has been an awful lot of places lately: melting down the ends of the bracelets Paz and I made, burning down a club in Brazil and killing 231 people, inviting rebellion in Catching Fire<\/i>\u2026<\/p>\n
We\u2019re now comfortably installed in Villa Sofia, eating delicious chocolate ice cream from Rapa Nui.<\/p>\n
Ciao!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Luna was, apparently, the third visitor to our caba\u00f1a this morning. According to Mary Lou, Paz and Juan came by around seven to say good-bye. (Ethan and I were still asleep at seven, and our parents didn\u2019t notice them.) Fortunately, … Continue reading