Los Alerces

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Continuing farther south from El Bolsón, David and I spent the next few nights in Parque Nacional Los Alerces near the town of Esquél. The park was created to protect the coniferous Fitzroya cupresoides, a gigantic redwood like tree found in the temperate rainforests of this region of the patagonia. Although we were car camping, we lucked out with a beautiful spot on a winding river that connects two the park´s lakes.

Just outside of the park we also visited a Welsh settlement called Trevelin and treated ourselves to a traditional Welsh tea, complete with scones (humorously pronounced escones, here), homemade bread, jam, and too many sweets to comprehend.

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Photos

first hike in Los Alerces
Our first hike in Los Alerces took us up to a tiny refugio in a valley called "el cocinero".

David cooking...
Oh great! More instant soup for dinner! Yummy! I couldn´t be more excited about more starchy instant soups. Hmmm....

lichen
This lichen like plant grows everywhere down here on other trees.

view from second hike
Okay. You may be noticing that it looks like I´m wearing the exact same thing in every photo. But really, it just looks that way because I really like the color blue. I swear.

madrone
The bark of a madrone like tree. I wonder if it´s the same species?