After a full day exploring Ushuaia, we got up early the next morning for some more exploring of this beautiful country.
Our trip today will take us to Lago Escondido or Hidden Lake. From different angles while viewing the lake, you cant see it even if it’s only a few yards in front of you.
Lago Escondido is located in Southern Patagonia. It is a village and lake in the Ushuaia department in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. As of 2001 it has a population of 71.
The villages, which thrives mainly on logging and tourism, is located 57 km (35 mi) north of Ushuaia. There is a working sawmill and timber operation close to the lake.
Our 1 1/2 hour drive to the lake was filled with even more beauty. Watching the snow capped mountains that are part of the Andes and then as we got closer, the greenery in the trees was so deep and green.
Forests and steep mountain ranges surround the lake and is said to change color depending on the sunlight. With no sun we had a calm, less colorful lake but still a beautiful part of nature.
There were some flowers along the way. Lupine flowers reminded us of oversized Indian paintbrushes from Texas and we found some beautiful red Poppies.
It is summertime here so more flowers are growing and snow melting but not much in the mountains. They say the snow is on mountain tops year round and the glaciers may have waterfalls dripping from them but it doesn’t look like they are losing any ice.
We stopped at one place for a bathroom break and some coffee but all they had was liquor and motorcycles! We all took the bathroom break but just wandered around the old motorcycles for something to do and stretch our legs. The cabins were nice though. Something my family would enjoy.
We had a great 2 days at Ushuaia and now we move on to Punta Arenas, Chile.
May God bless you always!
Chuck & Lea Ann
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