Who needs the Food Network when you have Mamacita making you lunch.
Today our traveling circus takes a day off and we drive to Valdivia, a seaport of the Chilean coast. We check out the farmers’ markets and then go to the Food Court Grande!
This is home to ‘Carne on a Stick’ , plus myriad ‘foods in a bowl’ that you eat and savor and go back for more. Meat rules including vicuna
broiled and soups of the region, plus empanadas. This is a place where 40 or so vendors serve street food to the locals, and Tom Long has pronounced it OK for our gringo stomachs. We eat ourselves silly! Mostly we try the potato balls (con carne y queso) and some thing that is shepards pie with corn meal on top. Of course, there are kebobs galore and then whole hunking sides of beef. I buy a beef plate for six bucks and cannot even make Luke full! We overlooked the fish avenue and regretted it. Salmon, sierras and all kinds of fishes grilled, steamed, smoked and served to happy Chileans with tails intact! I was trying to telepathically ask for ‘tastes’ from a Chilean family that was enjoying Pescador Fritas, but no luck.
The back channel story continues to be interesting with the ‘kids’ stepping out last night for some fun in town. Sergeant Cooley et. al. came home quite drunk (at 4am), but of course the story is lithe Sara mixing it up with some snooty Santiago homegirl. Both of them almost coming to fisticuffs. Most of the guys had stiffies just wishing they could have been there to watch!
Been freezing. We’ve had days of rain. One of our group did the upper the other day, but we are happy to not paddle. The fire roars downstairs and are thrilled that Luke has the job of making sure the gear is dry in the bodega! Big job.
Back on the Lower and Upper tomorrow.
Hot springs were the highlight of the last few days. ! Huife. And Trancura (Termas). That blob in the foreground is a kid on the zip
line at Trancura Termas. The Huife springs was warmer, though more expensive. We loved the drive up the Liucura (?) valley.
Today our traveling circus takes a day off and we drive to Valdivia, a seaport of the Chilean coast. We check out the farmers’ markets and then go to the Food Court Grande!
This is home to ‘Carne on a Stick’ , plus myriad ‘foods in a bowl’ that you eat and savor and go back for more. Meat rules including vicuna
broiled and soups of the region, plus empanadas. This is a place where 40 or so vendors serve street food to the locals, and Tom Long has pronounced it OK for our gringo stomachs. We eat ourselves silly! Mostly we try the potato balls (con carne y queso) and some thing that is shepards pie with corn meal on top. Of course, there are kebobs galore and then whole hunking sides of beef. I buy a beef plate for six bucks and cannot even make Luke full! We overlooked the fish avenue and regretted it. Salmon, sierras and all kinds of fishes grilled, steamed, smoked and served to happy Chileans with tails intact! I was trying to telepathically ask for ‘tastes’ from a Chilean family that was enjoying Pescador Fritas, but no luck.The back channel story continues to be interesting with the ‘kids’ stepping out last night for some fun in town. Sergeant Cooley et. al. came home quite drunk (at 4am), but of course the story is lithe Sara mixing it up with some snooty Santiago homegirl. Both of them almost coming to fisticuffs. Most of the guys had stiffies just wishing they could have been there to watch!
Been freezing. We’ve had days of rain. One of our group did the upper the other day, but we are happy to not paddle. The fire roars downstairs and are thrilled that Luke has the job of making sure the gear is dry in the bodega! Big job.
Back on the Lower and Upper tomorrow.
Hot springs were the highlight of the last few days. ! Huife. And Trancura (Termas). That blob in the foreground is a kid on the zip
line at Trancura Termas. The Huife springs was warmer, though more expensive. We loved the drive up the Liucura (?) valley. 
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