We are still in Argentina and are having blast. We are currently undertaking a great road trip from Patagonia, in Argentina, to Bolivia, in northern South America. Today was mostly spent in a small national park near the border of Chile and Argentina. The main thing I have learned today is that my parents are down right kooks.
After waking up this morning in our cozy tent in the Parque y Reserva Nacional Los Alerces, I started to work on some math. Soon, it was time for breakfast (el desayuno), or so I thought. My parents pulled out a cooler from the back of the truck where we normally store groceries. A couple bananas, some bread, and a piece of cheese were shared among us. I thought this was something to tide us over before breakfast, but I was wrong. The first thing that my parents said once we packed up the tent and started to drive was, “Why leave the park, why not go for another hike first?” You can guess what I thought of that, or more importantly, what my belly thought of it! I sighed and got out of the truck.
The hike was interesting. We saw some cool trees and a river that looked fun to kayak. The trees reminded me of Ents, the tree herders from The Lord of the Rings. They had arms and stern and shaggy faces. I enjoyed the forrest, but my hunger was growing.
After another two hours of driving, we came to the town of El Bolson. I got out of the car ready for breakfast... no lunch.. well by this time some would call it dinner. I was wrong again. My parents tried for about half an hour to solve a cell phone problem. I do admit, my parents bought me a ice cream cone along the way. Then we looked for a place to spend the night. Ah, but it was 7:00 PM and Argentineans don’t start thinking about dinner until after 9:00.
I have been doing some work at our nice cabana where we chose to spend the night. I am writing my blog and it is already 8:30. Man, I am hungry! After this, we are going out for dinner I am so excited! mmmmmm!!!
Thank you for reading Rohan Geographic!
Wait a minute - you're almost 12 and just now discovering that you have kooky parents??
ReplyDeleteNo, no, no, you got that all wrong. I've been thinking they were kooky ever since we left on the trip!
Delete"Almost felt you liked the forest?" - one of my favorite lines in LOTR! Great pictures of the trees Rohan!
ReplyDeleteJust got your postcard from New Zealand with the penguins. Thanks!!!
Eating Eating Eating, Rohan isn't eating
While his parents look for road signs!
Arriving at El Bolson, no time to stop for lunch son,
Late dinners for us like Argentines!
Thank you for the poem! I tried to write one for you too, but I just got up and I'm uninspired....Too bad!!!!!!
DeleteRohan - Too bad you don't have some peanut butter and bread stashed away for days like yesterday!! You might think about that!! xoxo
ReplyDeleteI wish I could, but there's just no space! I don't think I ever found the peanut butter jar that I stashed away when you were visiting us! I hope it's hidden well enough to withstand the renter!!
DeleteHey Rohan - This reminds me of a similar story from one of your raft trips - maybe the Alatna? You and your kooky, yet adventurous and intrepid parents went for a little dayhike and ended up summiting a peak, with a couple of granola bars to keep you fueled up! That's my memory of it, anyway. Loved the pics and descriptions of the Tree Spirits and of course the pic of your fab "rents."
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DeleteI think you've spent so much time around your parents that you don't even know what kooky means anymore. On this day your parents sound downright normal compared to the kookiness I saw them exhibiting in the streets of Berlin (Off-to-See-the-Wizarding down Karl Marx Allee!), not to mention what I saw going on in our own apartment. Great writing and I definitely felt your hunger by the end of this entry.
ReplyDeleteHi Rohan. Those Alerce trees live to be up to 4000 years old. They are some of the oldest living things on the planet. They only grow a centimetre every fifteen years but can get 50m high. The great pyramid in Egypt was only finished in 2500 BC roughly. In 2000BC Britain was living in the Bronze age still and completing Stonehenge. The horse was only just being domesticated in East Asia. It was still 2000 years before the Romans. Some of those trees may have been around then. They are used by scientists to look at climate change by looking at their rings. Some specialists call the the true 'Lords of the Rings'.
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