Siberia, Antartica, Patagonia.....

So we are about 15 hours into our 30+ hour trip up Route 40 in the Patagonian wild! We are headed to Bariloche a ski resort town which is now in low season apparently so we hope to get a hotel room at a reasonable rate! We arrive there at about 9AM on Saturday morning.
Imagine Siberia and Antartica then think of the population density in those parts, well this drive up Route 40 in the Argentine Patagonia has seemed like a sister cousin of those places, we've basically seen about...hmmmm.....zero people! BUT the heavenly blues, reds, oranges, yellows, whites that we saw this morning at sunrise over the barren landscape are by far the most impressive colors schemes I have ever seen in my life. Plumes of white clouds, in every shape imaginable covered sections of the sky and made for a sunrise to never ever forget...
In a small town now having an Argentine steak and drinking red wine, hopefully not too much wine because in about 2 hours we get back on the bus to continue the 30+ hour odyssey to Bariloche.
NOTE:
I took some great pictures this morning, as I made friends with the bus driver and he stopped in a few places for me to shoot out the window.
We have cell coverage again, and it appears we will continue to have it as we approach a more densley populated area of Argentina.
By the way the first ten hours on Route 40 was a dirt road scoured with rocks some the size of soccer balls, that's a big reason the trip is so long because we have to drive slowly. From here on up more of the road is paved. Glad we made it to that part of Route 40 before it becomes paved and loses that charm.
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