Sun's hot, water's cold
Domingo 18 noviembre: A moment: Perched on the back of the ferry watching the coihue forests on the steep glacial hill sides fall away al fondo. Kelsey and I are talking real about culture, and traveling, and what is important to us. The sun is keeping us warm on the windy deck and casting long shadows through the scraggly trees and sharing the sky graciously with the big, big clouds. Today was a day of water, let me tell you. The slender, mountain lake of Pirihueico and the waterfalls along the Rio Fui–we were overwhelmed by the amount and ferocity of it. The lake was a deep dark blue and the river was that milky teal of clean, icy water. We saw two waterfalls along the Rio Fui, Salto Leona and Salto HuiloHuilo, but I was most mesmerized by the racing water before and after the falls: we lied like lizards on the rocks in the sun just watching the shapes of the river as the water moved through it. Best of all, though, the water is clean to drink so we whooped and hollered and fil...
