Wild Life and Wild Children

At 8:00 on Thursday morning, we packed 4 adults and 3 large children into our 5 seater car and headed out to the Valdes Peninsula.  It was a LONG DIRTY LONG DIRTY gravel road.  Hours of road.







We survived and made it out and back, and we saw a whole lot of cool things on the way.  By the end of the trip the kids were into all of Gloria's cosmetics, and it was hilarious...  Cruising down a dirt road at 70 km per hour; SoJo facing backwards on the center counsel; Carmela and SoJo painted with so much make-up they were giving circus clowns a run for their money, and our brains shaken from the endless chatter.




I have to give some PROPS to Adam and his eagle biologist eye on MANY of the amazing things we!  Seriously.  He spotted a tarantula walking across the gravel road as he was driving full speed.  I don't know how he does it!!  I have always wanted to nick-name him Hawk, but he won't let me.


And this is what we saw...

Guanacos
Several varieties of colorful lizards...
Patagonian Lancehead - the most southern snake in the world, venomous
Burrowing Owl
A flock of Burrowing Parrots
Horses
Penguins - these are adorable!
Cows
Sheep
Maras
One armadillo
Southern Dwarf Cavi
TRANTULA!!!
Sea Lions
Elephant Seals - WOW
Southern Right Whales
Southern Giant Petrel
Seagulls
Tinamou
Pigeons


Can't forget the pigeons...