Best day yet!

Oh man. Today has been awesome. I got up early enough to have the free hostel breakfast (bread and jam, but still it’s free!), and then Eleanor and Jared and I went back to the huge park in Mendoza (acres and acres of trees and lawns). There is a big hill at the very back of the park, and some awesome views from the top. We did a ton of walking. For those of you familiar with Eugene, it would be like walking from my house to Spencer’s Butte, going up Spencer’s, and then walking back. Several miles, for sure. And it was so gorgeous today. The sun was shining, the temperature was perfect… I just can’t say enough about it! The flora, as my padre says, is really neat. There’s lots of cactus and aloe and eucalyptus, but also some ponderosa pines combined with palm trees. Oh, and some awesome succulents that are really short and scrubby.

Mmmm… and about that awesome vegetarian restaurant that I was going to avoid in the name of new experiences everyday. Yeah… my will-power is pretty much non-existent when I’m hungry. But it was so good! (again!)

Non-stop hiking/walking combined with delicious food. Now that’s my kind of day! I leave in a few hours for Bariloche, and am leaving Eleanor and Jared behind in Mendoza. Let the adventure begin!