Sharon in Pucon
Lunch is on the Parrilla!
Thur. Jan. 8This morning at about 9:30am Sharon and I left the Ranch and headed to Pucon. The ride took about two and a half to three hours including stops. We took the “By Pass” around the city of Temuco, Chile’s second largest city, on the advice of my Aunt’s driver, Eduardo. Temuco is an extremely busy city to drive thru at any time of day so going around it was very easy. All expressway! As we approached Lake Villarica, we drove thru the town by the same name. You pretty much have to drive thru Villarica to get to Pucon, because leaving the town of Villarica you must stay on the road that borders the lake all the way to Pucon. It’s about a twenty five minute ride from Villarica to Pucon and you go by some very beautiful lakeside homes and resorts. Once we arrived at the hotel in Pucon, we had about a three hour wait before we could get into our room, so we left our things at the hotel and walked into the town to have a look around and find a place to have lunch. Can anyone guess what we had for lunch? After we checked into our room we thought we should take advantage of the absolutely beautiful day to take a ride up to the Volcan Villarica. The temperature was warm and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. You don’t always get a day like this in southern Chile so you have to take advantage of it. They do have clouds here! Pucon is not very big, so as we headed out of the town we soon encountered the rough gravel road that leads to the base of the volcano. We drove all the way to the ski resort that is on the slopes of the volcano, just below the snow cap, where the view of the area was breathtaking. After walking from the parking area to the observation deck, I doubt that I will be climbing Mt. Everest any time soon.
P.S. Don't tease Sharon about her hair, in the picture above! ;-)
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