Apples on Ground

To harvest the industrial apples, the workers use a stick to shake the limbs of the apple trees and the apples fall to the ground. Then, the workers gather the apples in baskets and take the apples to larger containers that are loaded on trucks.

Day 6 - Argentina - Valle de Uco

May 4th 2006
After six days, Thursday is our rest day or, otherwise known as our real estate day. Today we are meeting up with one of the owners of the Valle de Uco Lodge, John Ecklund, to look at properties that they have in the surrounding area and under development. It is a cool fall day and we get up (fairly) early with the plan being to have breakfast, get the blog back ... read more

South America » Argentina » Mendoza

Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more

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