We finished out our stay in Argentina in the famous Lakes District, a region filled with huge clear blue lakes carved out by glaciers that grew and then retreated from the Andean peaks that surround them. World class skiing here in June, July and August and fun to see the terrain even if there is now snow in the middle of summer. One thing that makes them so neat is that many of them are connected by rivers. We spent and entire day kayaking the Limay River with drains that largest lake, Lago Nahuel Huapi, all the way to the Atlantic across 900 miles of Patagonian Steppe. We spent the day with a great Argentine guide who started an adventure-eco-tourist company in 2002. He spoke great English so we were able to have some good conversations and learned a lot about the area. We alternated padding with floating in wet suits and snorkles and all saw the beautiful trout (4 species) that make these waters so famous to flyfishers. We didn't actually fish for them, but we swam with them! We swam in as many lakes as we could in the long, hot days of late summer and noticed that the plants and trees were just beginning to turn to their fall foliage. It made us think of winter soon turning to spring back home as our thoughts drift toward our return north. We've had a wonderful trip, all of us, and we are all surprised, especially the kids, that two months went by so fast in some ways yet when we think about all we've seen and done and learned d makes us realize glad we are to have taken this journey together. <
