Bus Travel is Hell

Except when their is a bottle of sprkling wine to enjoy given to us by our new Argentine friend Cecilia for our 12 hour bus ride. We love you Cecilia Plus our seats fully recline to a bed. Yay. Vamos a Buenos Aires.

Mendoza Grape Harvest Festival

How lucky we are to be in Mendoza for the grape harvest festival. Painting the town purple...including the public fountains.











This fellow, Maxi, was an incredible jewelry maker...I now own some of his gorgeous earrings.


One of the ads around town for the grape harvest queen contest.


The cotton candy guy during the parade last night.

Location:Mendoza Argentina

Gauchito Gil Again

This was the fanciest Gauchito Gil shrine yet. We found a religious store in San Raphael and purchased a few Gaucho Gil statues and we placed one in a small shrine along the road.

Location:San Raphael

Back to Mendoza Area

We took about 3 days to travel up north and back to our cosy casita here in Chakras near Mendoza before we head to Washington DC to visit Traveler and Nicole on March 6. Cecilia, the owner of the casita has become a dear friend. We hope we can get her to come visit us in Alaska during the summer. Here we are at one of our favorite wineries.



Getting close to Mendoza


Cow hides drying in the sun along the road.

Location:Chakras