Los Glaciares National Park – RDZ Photography

A Milestone – Posting Number 1000

Architecture, Art, Festival, History, Museum, Nature, Sciences, Sports, Transportation, Water Features

This photography blog started out as a way to share some photos with friends, but after a number of years it has reached a milestone – posting number 1000!

To celebrate I give you my favorite 40 photos of all time. (I tried to make it less but could not)

Scottsbluff, Nebraska

Milwaukee sunrise

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan

Duluth, Minnesota thunderstorm

Yellowstone National Park – All Hail the Geyser Gods

Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Mendocino County, California

Cambridge, Ohio lumberjack contest

Cincinnati Renaissance Festival

Loudonville, Ohio – Native American Pow Wow

Alaska Peninsula

Columbus – Krampus

Chicago

New York City subway art

Cincinnati – Rosie the Riveter Contest

Lanai, Hawaii – Cat Sanctuary

Haleakala National Park, Hawaii

Waimea Canyon Park, Kauai, Hawaii

Columbus – Krampus V2

Washington DC – Embassy Day

Houston – Lucky Land

Amarillo, Texas – Cadillac Ranch

Cleveland – Parade the Circle

Columbus Zoo

Montreal

Olivos, Argentina

San Antonio De Areco, Argentina

Buenos Aires – Casa Rosada

Bariloche, Argentina

Buenos Aires – Retiro Train Station

Buenos Aires – Recoleta Cemetery

Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

La Leona, Argentina

El Calafate, Argentina

Buenos Aires – Palacio Barolo

Igauzu Falls, Argentina

Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina – January 2020 – Cruising for Ice

Nature, Sciences, Transportation, Water Features

One of the more popular activities at Los Glaciares National Park is to take a 5 hour cruise to see the glaciers beyond Perito Moreno.

The cruise left the port and headed north across Lago Argnetino.

It wasn’t long before we saw icebergs.

The cruise took us past a number of dramatic glaciers including Spegazzini – the largest in the park. All were impressive in their own way.

With one last look at Perito Moreno Glacier we headed back to port, and ended our ice adventures.

The entire crew, especially the hostess Victoria, provided great service with an education on the glaciers.

A Gourmet Glacier Cruise – Muy Bien.

Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina – January 2020 – Hiking on a Glacier

Nature, Water Features

Los Glaciares provided a chance to do something I had never done – gone hiking on a glacier.

To get there we took a short boat ride across the lake in front of the Perito Moreno Glacier, and ‘docked’ – which was really a stop along rocks shaped somewhat into steps.

We headed across the rocks and beach toward the huts to get prepared – the huts looked tiny compared to where we were headed.

As we were standing on the beach getting some background on how glaciers work a 70 meter (210 foot) high wall of ice came falling down (aka calving). It was very cool – but I do not have room for the 30 or so photos I managed to take in burst mode!

Finally we reached the hut and received our crampons.

The wall of ice was daunting – but we were headed for a more gradual rise.

We were broken up into English speakers and Spanish speakers, then further into groups of 15. Our leader was Ceffi.

And we were off…

Before long we were in the middle of the ice going up, down and over obstacles.

The staff was very helpful, making sure we didn’t fall into crevasses.

The views were fantastic.

Near the end of our 2 hours on the ice we celebrated with a whiskey on ice – straight from the glacier. Ceffi and the rest of the staff were excellent – fun, informative and foremost making sure everything was done safely.