Barbara probably thought we were going to see guanacos yesterday, but we didn\u2019t see a single one. Today we saw a single one, right outside of Putre on our way up to the mountains.<\/p>\n
We kept driving til we were at the highest point of our trip: 5,200 meters (if you can believe the sign). Before that, we had looked at a marsh where Dad got his feet all muddy and Ethan and I walked through a pipe. It was slippery in some parts, and my hair got dirty from bracing against the top of the pipe, but now we can say we did it.<\/p>\n
We drove down (to about 3,500 meters) where we looked for rheas and foxes and found neither. Instead we found chalky caves in the salmon-colored rock. One of the caves had bones with skin still attached. However, there were only a few bones, so we knew that the puma hadn\u2019t been around recently.<\/p>\n
Ethan really wanted us to cross the river in the valley, but we didn\u2019t (thankfully) since Dad didn\u2019t trust the X-Trail. So back up the hills we went. We decided to go to a town called Colpitas. It had about five buildings and eight activities advertised on a sign: bird watching, flora seeing (I guess that\u2019s what the flower means), hiking, picturesque views, a playground, bathrooms, music playing, and old buildings. The playground was rather pathetic: a yellow swing-set structure with two rings and a bar that was way too high for anyone to reach.<\/p>\n
While we were in the car, Ethan and I worked on memorizing the Periodic Table of the Elements in the order of atomic number. So far I’m up to zirconium (number 40), while Ethan’s still at krypton (number 36).<\/p>\n
On the way home, the dark clouds started to gather. Even though there was thunder and a few drops of rain, the power didn\u2019t go out.<\/p>\n
Ciao!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Barbara probably thought we were going to see guanacos yesterday, but we didn\u2019t see a single one. Today we saw a single one, right outside of Putre on our way up to the mountains. We kept driving til we were … Continue reading