Perrito Moreno Glacier up Close and a Saint Bernard I met in Town

Meltdown!  

 Do you see the gap in the middle of the glacier?  That is where we got to catch it crashing down. It was very loud.  The ice chucks flew out into the air and splashed everywhere. 

In 1789, the Perrito Moreno glacier was spotted for the first time by Captain Juan Tomás Rogers, from the Chilean army and given the name of the director of the Oficina Hidrográfica de la Marina de Chile “Francisco Gormaz”, because they sponsored the trip. Later it was changed.  Check the link for the history of the town.

In town (Calafate) I made a new friend.     He was very friendly.  My brother ran away screaming because he has canine-phobia.  It's a very small country town--more like a village.  I found a very cool carved dragan from an artison in a fun wooden village setting.  It was carved out of local Calafate wood that is kind of yellow,.

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