Bariloche...Patanuk hostel...beautiful . right on the lake

 Bariloche

 hike we did in bariloche

 El Bolson Market ... 350 arts and crafts vendors...everything from jewelry to leather work and wool

 after walking around the market with our packs for over an hour

 our "hostel" in El Bolson

 Blake and I had our own house to ourselves!!

 Agustin and Laura built these two houses on their property

 Their garden...notice how he used old wine bottles upside down to outline each section

 the other house

 blake pretending he actually started that fire! haha! jk babe you can start great fires.

 the mirror in our house...Laura painted it.

 me cooking dinner...we had 3 amazing nights here with huge meals.

 blake standing in front of the heater

 view from the outside to inside...also some my fav pics

 blake opening a bottle of malbec

 so there is a section of hiking i did not take my camera on...mistake because it was the most beautiful hike we did in my opinion...

 Chile.

 Rio Azul in El Bolson

 waterfall in Elbolson where we picnic.

 the chickens and rooster at the hostel

 Rocko the male dog at the hostel farm

 nina. the female who assumed this position frequently wanting her belly scratched

 blake and nina stretching on the front porch after a hard days work

 hammock on the front porch. i had a hard time just laying in it to relax because of how hard agustin and laura were contantly working in the yard...

 blake watering the garden...didnt take long for agustin to hand him the hose when blake offered to help:)

 Laura watering flowers...the tree is an apple tree

 rooster...who woke us up in the mornings

 Laura watering

 Hops. El Bolson is great land and climate for growing hops.

 Agustin hard at work...the sprinkler broke..

 the chicken house

 the chicken house with the water spraying

 agustin showing blake his leather work

 the sign of his old store...he was one of the founding members of the market 30years ago when there only 8 of them.

 prepping dinner

 Atrapa coletas...def spelled wrong but i cant wait to wear them to a show!

 i thought these were bay leaves...they were not.

 the leather workshop

 inside of the leather shop

 his hair pieces

 one of his hats...did not fit me

 I got them to sit for a second i could take a photo....tooooo cute!!!!

 Back in Bariloche...chocolate!!

 onto Puerto Piramides to see the whale and penquins...it rained all day but got a great sunset.

 our room

 this was the day we had to waste 6 hours and the wind was crazy! but alot of fun trying to stand against it

 rented a car to go see penguins...

 Penguins on Halloween!

 Blake and the little guy

 the nests where they had layedc their eggs

 Beautiful coastline

 good clouds that day

 the rental...125 us dollars per day!!! crazy.