2/26

Hello all! Hope this post finds all of you well. Yesterday was one of the most spectacular days I have had so far on my trip. Ben and I woke up at the crack of dawn and headed over to meet a bus that took us to "Los Glacieres National Park" in the province on Santa Cruz (which includes El Calafate). The ride to the park was unreal and some of the views along the way were spectacular. It took about an hour to get there from the meeting point, and once we were inside the park we headed to a look out point that faces a massive glacier called el perito moreno. I have never seen anything like it, and the whole time we were at the lookout point giant pieces of the glacier were falling off and making a ton of noise. The glacier moves about 1-3 meters a day, which is extremely rare, most only move that amount in a year.
After about a half an hour we headed back on the bus and drove over to catch a boat that took us across the lake that the glacier sits on. One the other side of the shore we meet a group of guides who fitting us for crampons and gave us a rundown of the days activiites. After about an hour of hikign with the guides we were right at the edge of the glacier. Then, we put on all of our warm clothing and crampons and headed out onto perito moreno. We spent about 4 hours on the actual glacier hiking around, learning about the natural formations, taking photos, and drinking water straight from the streams running through el negro. It was a exhausting, but we had a great time and it was such a cool experience.
Ina few hours we are heading to the airport and flying to Ushuaia, which is in Tierra del Fuego. We are literally heading to the southern most point on Earth other than Antarctica. It should be pretty cold, but its supposed to be one of the greatest treasures on the planet. Can't wait to get there!

Har