Volcano Lanin outside of Junin de los Andes

Made it to Junin de los Andes today, then went looking for places to fish. On the way we came across the Volcano Lanin with the setting sun.

Day at the Hipodromo!

Hmmm... Wonder what's in these bottles!?!

Megaspherulite with belly-button found in mountains outside Bariloche!

Best picnic spot in the whole wide world!

On the Río Pichi Leufu about an hour outside of Bariloche. It is, quite possibly, the most beautiful place on earth...

Last night's dinner party.

A good start!

Oh fuck...

Business as usual!

You know it's getting weird when...

Painting the lamb!

Picking up the Cordero (lamb) for the Asado (Argentine BBQ)

Doesn't this make you hungry?

Preview of what we'll hunt for next week...

Brand new Embraer from Buenos Aires to Bariloche

Ahhh... It's good to be back in Argentina

Atlanta sunset before leaving for Argentina.

Port of Friday Harbor

Rhodie bloom in February?!?

Flying around the San Juan Islands

Welcome f*ing home...

Wow! Welcome to Seattle. As we bend you over, we're sorry to say we
are all out of lube... BOTH of my bage were destroyed by Continental
Airlines. My brand new 1 day old bag, seen here, had the handle ripped
off. My other bag, a plastic clamshell that gad survived 4 previous
14,000 mile round trips, squashed like a bug and split into fragments.
The upshot? A $50 travel voucher.

Welcome home...

Almost home!

These mountains are starting to look familiar!

Creepy empty airport!

This place was PACKED last year with thousands of people! It's kind of
creepy to see it this empty!

On my way back home to the USA! (gotta love sleeping pills on long
flights!)

Fresh Snow? It's August here, for crying out loud!

Woke up this morning to fresh snow... Here in Argentina it's summer, and the equivalent of the 3rd of August...

The one that got away...

Try and try, I just couldn't get this geode out of the surrounding
matrix of rock! Grrr...

Home Surgery!

Today I decided that the stitches must come out. Eleven days is long enough, right? So my dad and I scrubbed up with plenty of Betadine (Povidona Iodo al 10%) and cleaned all my fly-fishing / surgical tools in rubbing alcohol (Alcohol Etílico) and commenced the removal. No blood – that’s the betadine! And no pain!

We’re going to open shop as amateur surgeons!

Moonrise over the finger of god

At the Estancia Lemu Cuyén, the almost full moon rising over "Dedo de Dios"

Lago Filo Hua Hum

Here is the beautiful lake, Lago Filo Hua Hum. It’s about 40km south of San Martin de los Andes. The mountains are absolutely beautiful, and our lodge was something out of a movie! No phone or internet, electricity only when the generator worked. Paradise!

Geode hunting grounds

2 hours north of Bariloche.

Estancia Lemu Cuyen

This is the view from our cabaña in the mountains!