After having traversed the ruta -#89 & #86 at the bottom of snow-caped mountains curving among the vineyards I arrived at my friends in Los Arboles on Monday, September 19 around 11:00. I was accommodated cordially by the hostess who made me visit her sumptuous house. I spent a pleasant day with a very educated couple. The evening occurred in travel souvenirs around the world as well as readings from work on the civilizational problems. I left them on Tuesday morning around 10:00 with an invitation for my return from Ushuaia. I stopped in Mendoza on the way to Cordoba in order to make supply at Carrefour and the full with diesel fuel at YPF. I found a quiet bivouac at the exit of the RN-#7.
Bivouac exit RN-#7 |
On Wednesday, September 21th was a long driving morning with little interest to bivouac away from the ruta-#146 in Villa de la Quebrada at the bottom of the Sierra de San Luis. I remained two nights, because the WiFi connectionat the Plaza Central was good.
Villa de la Quebrada |
As the two days before the road was very tedious and landscape without interest. After various police checks on the road without request for documents only by curiosity. I arrived at Mina Clavero, summer station at the bottom of the Sierra de Pocho, at the beginning of afternoon. I found, by chance, a bivouac at the edge of a river close to the calle Costanera.
Bivouac Mina Clavero, on riverside, calle Costanera |
Plaza San Martin | Calle Costanera |
On Saturday, September 24th I started from early morning to Villa Carlos Paz which according to Lonely-Planet is “like a mix between Vegas and Disneyland”. Perhaps but I did not see anything of similar. I went my way to go to Cordoba by the autopista where I arrived around 12:30 at Plaza San Martin. I drove twice around of the plaza and I got information near the police for a carpark. But nothing which is appropriate worthy of my truck. Consequently I went to Avenida Yrigoyen to visit the three museums of Milla Cultura, Caraffa, Ferreyra and Dionisi by the name of the old hotels which house them. I found a parking along Avenida Concepción Arenal where I intended to bivouac, to follow.
Ruta en el Parque Nacional de la Quebrada del Condorita |
On Sunday, September 25th I went to Jesus Maria at approximately 56 km north of Cordoba to visit the Museo Jesuitico Nacional. Of course no indication in the village to go to the site, some streets were closed due to a race. Fortunately at all the crossroads of charming young ladies of the Gendarmerie have me several times shown the route to follow. The building dates from the 17th century with extensions the following centuries. About twenty rooms exhibit furniture of time as well as liturgical objects coming from various areas of South America. A room is dedicated to the Amerindians, artefacts of the daily life and spiritual. Alas No Photo, I was obliged to put my camera at the nail in a wall cupboard. I bivouacked not far from the entry of the museum.