Saturday we drove 200 miles south to a fishing lodge outside of Trevelin. As we continue south on this trip, unsurprisingly the weather continues to get colder. When we woke up in Bariloche the temperature was 36 Fahrenheit.
Our drive today was through mountain forests with lots of spring runoff in the rivers. We also went through desert-like scrub land.
At one point about half way through the drive when it felt like we were in the middle of nowhere, we saw a big sign for the Leleque Museum. We turned off and found a very nice little museum about the people who have lived in Patagonia through time. We had to find someone to open it up but when we did the museum was well done and interesting.
Chalhuaquen Fishing Lodge, where we are staying is about 15 miles west of Trevelin overlooking the Rio Grande – Futalefufú River. We arrived about 4pm and relaxed, napped and read until dinner at 10pm. We also talked to members of a family who are here for the weekend. One of the men is a farmer, another is a lawyer. They have travelled extensively. It really interesting to exchange perspectives.
The lodge has a gourmet chef who introduced himself. The meal was excellent.
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