The mountains!!

So we have now been in Esquel for 4 days. We took the famous Trochita, and were disappointed by the Nahuel Pan. They weren't really Indians, they were more like people who knew this train would arrive in a town and they could sell us things claiming to be Indians. We did buy stuff though! The train ride was nice, and the sights were amazing. Afterwards, we ate the patagonian tradition of cordero, lamb, and watched a show of Techuelche music.
Better than the train was the horse back riding that we did on Monday. It was two hours through the mountains. The weather was brisk, but we were just us with the tour guide, and had a wonderful time. Kaylan was so relaxed that she fell asleep. We asked our guides the ages of our horses, and mine was 33, Facundo's was 29, and the tour guides was 4. We wondered at times if the horses were going to live! Yesterday we just walked around doing not much of anything.
The only drama we have had as of yet, was Harrison falling from the second level of a three level bunk bed! Facundo slept with him to make sure he didn't fall, and he fell anyhow! In the middle of the night Facundo rushed him to the hospital, where a surgeon gave him two stitches under his chin. We now have to return to the hospital daily to get them cleaned! He hates getting them touched, but loves having to not take a bath!
Facundo has admitted it isn't as magical as he had hoped, so the trip won't be the ever desired 2 months, but we haven't gotten north yet to see how long we want to take! We are enjoying ourselves though. Tomorrow we are renting a car and driving through the national park to see the second oldest tree on earth, and some beautiful lakes. So far it hasn't rained even once, although there was an earthquake that we didn¡t feel! Hopefully the weather keeps holding out! The days have all been glorious!

The final day that we spent in Esquel was renting a car and driving through the national park. It was gorgeous! The lakes were crystal clear, with greens and blues. They were amazing, impecable, incredible! We had a view of the glacier, and met a 300 year old tree, but couldn't make the 5 hour hike out to the second oldest tree in the world, and didn't want to pay the $85 pesos per person to take the boat. We didn't need it anyhow, the sights we saw were incredible. We took a few of the small hikes to see some waterfalls, and sat next to one of the lakes to enjoy our lunch. Harrison once again wanted to dive right in, regardless of how absolutely frigid the water was. He managed to get his pants soaked, but didn't mind the cold weather at all. Kaylan was a good girl as always and got her feet wet, but not her clothes. She did for some reason though, decide to kind of wash her hair in the water! They are really funny. This part of the trip with the hiking in nature, they have seemed to enjoy the most. Running around, and just being free seems to be their favorite things to do these days!