Real Gauchos

Todays morning was spent riding the prairie. Three Gauchos (spanish for Cowboys) acted as our guides as we attempted a closer look at the turquoise waters of Lago Argentino (Lake Argentino). The lake, which is formed by melting glacial ice, is the largest lake in Argentina, and the third largest lake in South America. Its depths vary anywhere from 35 and 500 meters (about 90 - 1,500 feet!)

So, many of you maybe thinking ¨great, a real cowboy, whoopi!¨. Well, I´d feel the same way. A gaucho is a gaucho, of course of course, and no one´s impressed with a gaucho of course, that is of course, unless of course, the gaucho is seen riding a horse, of course. The mastery the gauchos had of their horses was amazing. These are men who you´d see in a western, the type who could ride under their horse if they so pleased. And, though there wern´t any fancy horse demonstrations, just watching them as they rode through the terrain, was truly amazing- Roy Rogers would have been proud...