Daryl: Today we took a 2-hour bus ride to the Glacier National Park near Calafate, Argentina. When we got there we went on a boat ride to see a huge glacier that dropped down into a lake. Sometimes pieces of it would fall off. It was pretty cool. There were a lot of people on the boat and they all wanted to be outside. It was so packed that it was easier to see the glacier from inside – but you couldn’t get good photos from inside.
Then we went back to the dock and the bus took us to a spot to hike and see the glacier. Unfortunately, it turned out that literally overnight the company that we went with decided that instead of leaving that place at 5:00 it was 2:30. That was pretty frustrating, but oh, well. It was a pretty cool place.
Davy: Today we went to see a glacier. We had to take a two hour bus ride to get there. I slept almost the whole way. It was so boring!
We ended up going on a boat to see the glacier up close. It was neat! It took an hour to do the boat trip. The boat was so crowded!
When we got back we walked on the path for a couple of hours. Then we came back to the bus and went back to Calafate.
Mom and Dad walked around town while Daryl and I went back to Pile’s house and watched TV.
Photos just don’t do this justice. That wall of ice on the front is as high as a ten-story building. Imagine the size of this glacier…
Pile graciously opened up her doors and allowed us to invade her house for a couple days. Thanks again Pile!
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.
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Just wow! One of these days..
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VERY cool! Did you get to see any calve?
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Amazing. I am in awe. I had no idea of the existence of this, or a lot of other things I discovered along the way, following your travels.
Thank you so much for all of the wonderful sharing you have all done during this adventure!
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We saw plenty of smaller pieces break off and crash down – like the size of a car or so. We kept hoping for one of those great big chunks, but it didn’t happen. Darn!
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fabulous photos, reminds me of the glaciers we saw in Alaska, but the Argentinian ones so much more imposing,have to put it on my list.
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Gorgeous!
I love how “meh” the boys are about it. lol
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So you did see it calving – even if just small pieces the size of cars (yeah right – not so small!). That must have been truly amazing! I won’t believe you guys are getting jaded about your amazing experiences – I’ll just chalk it up to TIRED and ready to be home – for however long!
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This glacier moves down and comes against the walkway side. Then it has a lake building up on either side. Eventually the lake on the left pushes the ice mass thru to the right to allow the water to flow out. Right now the glacier looks pretty far away! When I we were there some 5 years ago it had just broken thru and the glacier was still almost at the lower viewing terrace. Maybe this too is the shrinking of glaciers from global warming! Do you know? Did they mention that? All the same it is the most magnifcent landscape and brings back my fond memories. Davy I agree though that the flat patagonia can become borring!Especially since you have been pedaling it for weeks. Its been the same for weeks Right?? I bet Nancy enjoyed that first row front seat top view though! I drove three hours to Calafate from the Chilean side torres del Paine. A one day trip. long on the bus short at the glaciers…but tremendous!
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Perito Moreno is in-fact advancing, not receding, but the images of dramatic ice crashing down was too big a temptation for anti global-warming campaigners to resist using. Shame as it makes them look dishonest when the message is essentially wise.
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Gorgeous! Your pictures are just incredible. You are quite the photographers. When you said you only saw pieces as big as cars falling off I had to chuckle. When we were up in Alaska, we didn’t see anything near that size so enjoy!
Safe travels to you all for the remainder of your trip!
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Awe inspiring natural beauty!
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The real spectacle takes years to prepare. The glacier grows continually, until it traverses the lake and reaches the land.
At that point, it closes the lake flow, splitting it in two, creating a natural dam. Water rises until the dam breaks, and that is the great spectacle.
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Magnificent! Boy, scenes like this balance out all the tough times! We’re praying for you, Jesus is with you!
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