We’re all settled in San Martín de los Andes. I’ve already had a tweet favorited by their head of tourism, so we’re off to a good start.

SMA is small (less than 30k people) and situated on the eastern end of Lago Lácar, pictured above. The lake looks small, but it continues beyond the bend almost all the way to the Chilean border, which is roughly 130 kilometers away by car.

The main things to do here include:

• Hanging out in/by the lake
• Going on hikes or bike rides
• Eating chocolate from the stores on the main street

I think we’ll do just fine.

The couple we’re renting from did a 2.5 year bike trip from Alaska all the way down to Argentina. Amazing. The couple we rented from in Bariloche also did long-distance cycling in Switzerland and other parts of Europe. (We also bumped into them today; they’re in town for the long weekend.) And our roommate from Viña del Mar rode from Chile to California on his bike.

I wonder if the universe is trying to tell us something…

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