Salto to Cachi

Today we went south and west into the Argentine Andes Mountains. Before we left the hotel in Salto we put all of our luggage into garbage bags to protect them from the dust.

Preparing for our drive

The scenery continued to change as we climbed higher into the mountains.

We saw a lot of amazing cacti
Not sure what these are

We also saw a lot of llama-like animals but I’m not sure if they were llama, alpaca, vicuña or guanacos.

Not sure what this is
Or this
Or this

We continued to climb and eventually went over a pass at more than 11,000 feet.

A vista point Climbing up into the Andes

When we finally got to Cachi we had a late lunch followed by ice cream.

Tamale and lemonade
Some of our empanadas
Ice cream

We are staying at a winery about eight miles outside of Cachi.

Miraluna Bodega where we are tonight

We had a picnic dinner and tasted two local wines to decide which we liked best.

Getting ready for dinner
Desert

After dinner we had fun playing Rummikub.

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Author: marionvermazen

I am a traveler, hiker, avid reader, Sun alumnus, computer geek, Spanish and French language student, knitter and genealogist. I am retired after working for almost 30 years in the Computer Industry. I live in Reno, Nevada with my husband Duke.

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