what a great hike it was. started with a bus to the side of the road at a small village and follow the road for 11km. then it was path for the next 90Km (give or take...we made a few wrong turns and bad decisions along the way). the first day was sun and then rain for the next 3, not the best for walking, but the path was fairly well established. some nice fellow in a log cabin invited us in for warm stove and coffee in the morning...we did not even know there was a cabin near. nice small shack that was dry and the fire was very cozy. pretty smooth sailing till the border when we decided to take a different route cause someone wanted to fish for trout...bad idea. three hours up a different valley and we got to the ranch of Vida and Facundo, who invited us to stay for supper and a bed for the night. best 20 bucks we spent in a long time. fresh sheep cheese, home made bread and some super tasty mystery soup (meighan says it was sheep, i say it was goose...who knows), and some fried pig skin snacks...hit the spot...dehydrated rice meals suck!
they advised us to wait to go up the mountain cause of rain, but we went anyway...could not find the damn path after 2 hours of climbing and two more hours of searching...few f-bombs and we were on our way back to the original route...three hours back down the valley. wasted day, but great to stay with a family for the night. it was 7:30 and dark by the time we got back to where we needed to be...that was a long day of walking on some blistered tired feet. straight to bed in the rain again. we awoke to have breakfast in more heavy rain and decided to ask the folks at the house if the route was ok to go...impossible was the response. the path will be a river...can not even go on horse...wait two days and maybe! crap...we decided to stay the night with Naomi and her mother and what a great choice! more home made bread and donuts with fresh plucked chicken soup! she was so nice and grandma(92) was a riot...smoked, slept, and asked the same questions all day...everyone stopped in to visit and walk with her...so clear they were just good caring people. after a day of downpour we decided to consider a different route out as they were not sure it would be passable at all after the rain. unfortunately this was a route we did not have a map for and was two days walk...a tad unnerving for anal map boy in the group.
to be continued...
3 comments:
Wow what an adventure!! But I do see in one picture where you, Meighan, don't look all that happy. But you did make up the smiles in others.
When I read about the horseflies I was worried that the Epi-Pen wouldn't hold out,thankfully with the rain you probably didn't have to worry about them cretters.
When you get home we will cook some awesome meals and you won't have to worry about mystery meats. Just "black angus beef".
Can't wait to hear all the stories can imagine there will be some good ones.
Hope you find a nice hot bath with lots of bubbles.
Sending you lots of LOVE MOM
You look like a turtle in the one picture, I love it! "Turtle, turtle!" hehehe
Guess who??
i guess the turtle comment is ....Chandra!
Meighan
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