El Calafate and Galciers National Park

Pura Vida restaurant, my favorite so far, a little hippie joint. I had a meat stew in a squash (in front) and Amb had a vegetarian lasagna. So good and so filling, best flavors yet!

Lago Argentine, the largest in Argentina and it was named after the colors on the Argentina flag. The landscape is very different from the north, si?

Livestock is everywhere here on the Estancias (ranches). Amber itched this ones head and it kicked like a dog!!!

Our first view of Glacier Moreno, the third biggest in Argentina,  one of the only stable glaciers in the world, take that global warming!

Our first glacier ever!!

Iceberg right ahead!!!!

We heard and saw one of the icebergs split and break! 

The Chilean firebrush, this bush/tree was all over the park!

Us on our first Glacier watch, it was cold but our gear held up and kept us warm.

The glacier up close! It was insane and we spent a couple of hour listening and watching as pieces fell hundreds of feet into the cold lake.

A view of the glacier from our boat ride. This glacier has been the same size since they first started recording it in 1917.

Amber taking it all in. How awesome is this picture, love you baby!

We were trying to get a picture of the deep and rich blue of the glacier. It looked like a gemstone when the sun hit it.

The glacier goes way back into the mountians and was really jagged on top. It went back a couple of miles in two directions and looked cold!

You can see an arch starting to form. Our guide explained that in a couple of years it would become a full arch and then will eventually break and collapse. Crazy to see one of the most powerful acts of nature!

Another angle of the glacier from the boat ride. You can see how jagged the top is in this picture. It was about 300 feet tall, which is hard to see here. Truly breathtaking.

Here is a picture of the rock that has been carved by the glacier. In some ways it remined us of the Grand Canyon. The lake was surrounded by this red rock. The rock was rounded and carved in crazy angles.

So stoaked to be in Patagonia!!!! I love this place and cant wait to backpack in the next week.