CHILEAN LAUGHTER TOUR DAY 13

On Sunday morning, we left Pucon in the morning to head back north to Santiago. Alejandra went separately by bus for her laughter job in the copper mines. 

Here is the neighboring city of Villarrica.

William got this great shot of the big dog and the small child.

Here's a street scene in Villarrica.

The lake seen here from Villarrica is the same one visible in Pucon.

The spring rains have flooded the shores a bit.

This was the only Lutheran church we saw on the whole trip and we couldn't help but notice that it was Sunday morning but the place was closed. Where was the worship? We asked about it at the cafe where we had breakfast and were told they only worship once every 15 days.

Here's the German cafe/bakery where we had breakfast. Look at all these cakes!

This is the best cup of hot chocolate I've ever had!

And check out this monster cake!

The three of us enjoying the morning sun.

This stray dog decided to join us for breakfast. He just kept rolling around on the lawn next to us like he was doing some sort of performance art.

The cafe owner decided to pose with me.

Here's another shot of Villarrica.

A wonderful Aromos tree.

This is the last view of the lake as we left Villarrica.

Here are some sights along the way.

Grain silos just like we have in Iowa.

This is a tree farm.

In the distance on the right, you can see that I've spotted another volcano. As a newly, self-appointed volcano photographer, I never miss these things.

Here's a closer view of it.

Doesn't it look amazing up in the clouds?

Here I captured two volcanos in one shot from the car at highway speed. They don't call me the volcano photographer for nothing.

More Aromos trees. You just can't get enough of these things when they are blooming so beautifully in the spring.

Tosha is still smiling after such a long day of driving (but William helped her).

This is a scene from the city of Chillán, which is about 400 kilometers south of Santiago.

The crazy overhead electric wires in Chillán.

More scenes around Chillán.

The parking attendant who watched our car for us.

The pedestrian mall where we strolled and found a cafe for lunch.

The fruit juice William had for lunch. Very thick, almost smoothie-like juices are served just about everywhere in Chile. Much of the fruit for these juices is grown locally.

My salad.

The town square of Chillán.

More mountains that we passed on our way to Santiago.

The amazing sunset!

The evening glow on the mountain tops.

One more sunset shot with a row of trees.

We stopped at a produce stand along the highway and were amused to see an assortment of brooms for sale there as well.

Tosha checked out the selection and prices and decided their produce was too expensive so we didn't end up buying a thing.

Here's an Esso station at which we stopped.

The red bug in front of us with no license plate.

After a long ride home, I was tired!

At length, we arrived back at Tosha's home in Santiago and got a good night's sleep.