Happy Thanksgiving!
It is about 88 degrees and blue sky. We are surrounded by the beautiful Andes mountains. Yesterday we traveled to Aconcagua Provincial Park, home to the highest mtn in the western hemisphere. Traveled to the Chilean border through the snow capped mountains.
Tom is leading the Euchre tournament. We love to sit outside at little cafes, drink wine (well, Dan drinks Sprite), watch the world go by, all while playing Euchre. It has been fun and relaxing!
Today we are going rappelling, rock climbing, and zip lining (canopy tour?). So far, the only paperwork we´ve seen is a receipt. Waivers and releases are nowhere to be seen!
Tomorrow we will drive back to Mendoza for our last night.
More later!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Mendoza, Argentina Tues, 25 Nov 08
We arrived yesterday. Flew over the snow capped Andes from Santiago, Chile. Of course, something was wrong with our airline tickets and, even though I confirmed everything 1 week before leaving, they still didn´t recognize our tickets in Chile. We finally flew standby which meant we sat in various spots throughout the plane.
The cars here look something like out of Cuba...old jelopies. Our rental car isn´t far behind. Tom is delighted of course. We will try to keep him from breaking any laws on our excursions to the mountains for the rest of the week.
Had an empanada yesterday for lunch. I asked what the filling was and the server said it was very delicious. Finally he said it was llama meat. He was right, it was good.
So far the beef and malbec wine are fab.
Our night at the Park Hyatt was lovely. The beds felt great after the long journey. Today we will leave for the mountains and see what awaits us there. We have no reservations anywhere and are just winging it.
More soon!
The cars here look something like out of Cuba...old jelopies. Our rental car isn´t far behind. Tom is delighted of course. We will try to keep him from breaking any laws on our excursions to the mountains for the rest of the week.
Had an empanada yesterday for lunch. I asked what the filling was and the server said it was very delicious. Finally he said it was llama meat. He was right, it was good.
So far the beef and malbec wine are fab.
Our night at the Park Hyatt was lovely. The beds felt great after the long journey. Today we will leave for the mountains and see what awaits us there. We have no reservations anywhere and are just winging it.
More soon!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Fall tillage with Dan
Tom showed Dan how to do fall tillage today. They made a few rounds up and down the field together before cutting Dan loose on the Deutz-Allis tractor and the disc.
They were working on the Germanville farm about 4 miles from home.
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