Day: October 22, 2025

Today we drove 125 miles south to the town of San Carlos de Bariloche. The drive took us about three and a half hours. The road is called the Road of Seven lakes. We stopped at all seven lakes along the route. We also stopped for coffee and wonderful pastries at York Bakery in Villa La Angostura.

We learned today that San Carlos de Bariloche, where we are staying, is the biggest ski town in the southern hemisphere. Bariloche certainly is a big tourist town. We went out exploring this afternoon. There were lots of tourists, lots of souvenir shops and lots of hotels. We also checked out the cathedral.

Tonight was our last dinner with Jo Ann and Brian. They leave in the morning. We will miss them.

San Martin de los Andes is a beautiful mountain town on a lake (Lago Lácar). I think in winter ( June, July, August) the town is full of skiers.

Tuesday morning after a picnic breakfast in our apartment we went into San Martín and did some exploring and shopping. Then we had coffee.

Later we did a three mile hike to Laguna Rosales.

The road to where we are staying (Departamento Estancia los Ñires) is under construction. At night it could be treacherous. We really wanted to eat near our apartment. We drove to Lago Lolog which is fairly close but could only find one restaurant, the one we ate at last night. So we went to the mini mart, bought sausages and potatoes and ate dinner in our apartment. It was great!