Thursday, November 8, 2007

Cruce del Lagos

We took a whole day to travel from Chile through the Andes Mountains to Argentina on a trip called Cruce de Lagos. This trip took us on a series of 7 buses and boats through the incredibly serene lakes of the Andes, past volcanoes, waterfalls, and completely uninhabited locations of these two countries. The air and weather was very cold, because we were in the still snowy region of the mountains. The roads that we traveled by bus are impassable about half of the year because of the amount of snow and muddy roads due to the melt off. It was an adventure. The water in the lakes was an emerald color due some natural coloring from the evergreen trees that covered the mountains. At one point we got to see an avalanche actually occur. A large chunk of snow fell from the top ridge of one of the cliffs and cascaded down to the water like a waterfall.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

These were my favorite pictures from your travels through Chile. They are just amazing and WOW!!!
Half the time I was looking at the slideshows of all your pics, I kept thinking to myself...how did you find these places. These are not tourist photos at all. You both have an "artist eye". I'm PROUD of you and can't wait to go to your first art opening....no matter where it is, I'll be there.