After Valparaiso and Vina del Mar, we boarded a plane and flew to the lake district, in the southern part of Chile. It is amazing how little we knew about Chile. We flew into an area that had a ton of snow covered volcanos . I started snapping photos in the air!
This volcano is named Villa Rica, and the town that is near it is also called Villa Rica. It is awesome to see this huge volcano as you drive around! I once asked Andy Young, some of you know him, if he could go anywhere in the spanish speaking world for a year, where would he go. He said the lake district of Chile. I had no idea what he was talking about. Now I do! It is so beautiful.
The family at Lake Villa Rica, with the Volcano in the background!
We are constantly trying to get Natasha on a horse, as we haven't been able to find good riding near us. We went on this amazing ride, with the volcano in the background. There was a ton of open grassland for us to walk around, and Natash had the chance to run as much as she wanted to! It was beautiful to see the smile on her face.
We were trying to get Natash with the volcano, it would have been better if I had made a movie. What a glorious day!
Then we went to Pucon, which is a sweet town near Villa Rica. It is a gateway to some amazing adventuring, like skiing and climbing on the volcanos and rafting. It sort of felt like Estes Park, except less cheesy. This woman had a little shop that sold flowers. All of these flowers are made of wood. They were so cool.
It is hard to believe they are wood, isn't it?
She let us try to make some. It was much easier when she did it.
Painting the middle, then they blow the color on. It was so pretty and cool.
These were our guides. Juan Pablo on the left, and Patricio on the right. They are at a lake outside of Pucon that has a volcano inside of it. They were super sweet, although Juan Pablo was sick, and after this part of the trip, Joe and Alexander both felt crappy for a while.
A nice photo of the kids, near an old boat at the same volcano lake.
Alexander at the same lake. I like how this photo came out.
The lake goes underground, and resurfaces at these beautiful waterfalls. The color of the water was amazing. We hiked around. it's funny how we are all doing well traveling around, but we all feel really good when we are near nature. This place had beautiful trails all around. It was hard for me to stay with the gang and not take off for a run!
Here is a rare one! I'm really on this trip! You can tell that Chile was cool. It was the beginning of Spring there, sunny, and cool enough for a scarf and a fleece. Hard to think about spring in October.
We don't know why this photo came out this way, but Alexander took it and we love the movement of it.
I have finally convinced Alexander to try to smile in photos, after showing him so many photos that would have been much nicer if he had been smiling. Wait til you see the ones in Belize. We thought if he had been a Junior it would have been cool to have his senior photo taken in Chile.
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