From Valparaiso, we made our way South to our first camping spot in our journey - out on a lighthouse point where we surprised wild horses with foals, experienced the wind off the ocean, got in a great workout with our kettlebells and running shoes.
From there we have really put the van to the test with LOTS of rough, narrow roads winding our way through rural, coastal Chile. These drives have been beautiful and picturesque
along the coast and amongst the little rural farms where they still plow
fields with horse drawn plows! We often feel like we have stepped back in time.
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| Punta de Lobos: Where desert meets the sea... |
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| Departing Pichilemu for the vineyards and wine country of Maule and Talca. |
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| We think these should be the next gators used by staff at the Games next summer! |
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| 2nd camp spot - outside Chillán. We are really off-season at this time, so this wedding destination spot was all ours! |
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| Bright yellow fields of mustard growing everywhere! |
After the coastal drives, we have arrived in more
Southern-Central Chile in the Pucón/Villarrica region which is very
reminiscent of Jackson Hole, WY with it's ski areas and touristy rustic
look. It's so beautiful here with all kinds of volcano mountains and
the Andes range and lakes everywhere. I think we will stay here for a
few weeks and explore. Unfortunately, overall, this is like trying to
do things in early April. It's still cold and dreary. A little too
cold to ride and hike comfortable, and not cold enough to ski any
longer. Hard timing. We fly back up to Santiago this coming weekend to
teach a seminar, so hopefully in another week things will be just a bit
warmer and sunnier.
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