After spending the morning in Puerto Varas listening to cool flute music, buying fly tying supplies and waiting for a bungey cord trampoline-like ride to open (it didnt) we hit the road for the last leg of our roadtrip. We drove two hours on a dirt road around Lago Llanquihue (the second largest lake in Chile) to the base of Volcan Osorno. It is not as big as Lanin, which is near our house, but it is very pretty. It looks alot like Mount Fuji in Japan. We had lunch in a little joint where we had really good Lamb Shank Stew. Everyone liked it except Henry, of course.
We got back out on the paved road and made good time to Lago Puyehue. It is very pretty but looks a lot different from where we have been. It is very narrow and has lots of pine trees and high ridges around the lake. It reminds us a little of San Martin.
We checked into a big old hotel that was built near the natural hot springs. There were lots of different pools and different temperatures. Some were inside and some were outside. The best one was a outside pool with a waterslide and a current. We spent three hours going from one pool to another. After baths and fresh clothes the boys went to the game room and played a lot of air hockey where Henry beat us badly. Georgie went to the kids club and watched a Winnie the Pooh video and Mom and Dad had cocktails. We all had a nice dinner together and went to bed after watching some TV.
The next morning it was RAINING! We had such great weather the whole time and now it was raining. After breakfast Georgie and I played in the Kids Club, Dad, Henry and Cal went for a mountain bike ride and Mom read. We left midday to start our ride home.
Unfortunately, we spent close to three hours at the Chilean Aduana. We still dont understand what took so long or why there was so much chaos. While Dad stood in line and muttered under his breath, we bought chips and gum that had tatoos. We had tatoos all over our bodies by the time we left Chile.
Fortunately, the rest of the drive was uneventful and we arrived home, happy to be back and to see Osita. We already have plans to go back next year and drive around the Isla Grande de Chiloe together. Mom says that that was a great trip and she cant believe she didnt want too kill any one of us...I am not sure what that is suppose to mean?!?
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