As of 3:45 pm we are engaged to be married!!! Argentina was a country that we had always wanted to visit. Now we know it is a country that a part of us will never leave.
This morning we made the two hour trip from our lodging to Villa la Angostura, two hours around Lake Nahuel-Huapi from west of Bariloche. At the southern end of that town is a peninsula that is home to the National Park Arrayanes, named after the indigenous tree with a cinnamon colored bark. Right before the end of the 12km hike, during which we were accompanied at various times by stray dogs that seem to have 'turf' all over the peninsula, we approached Laguna Patagua. At Amanda's suggestion, we went down to its shore and sat on a log at the tip of the water, enjoying the peace of this pond in a peninsula in a lake. After waiting so long for the perfect place to ask Amanda to marry me, it was this quiet, humble pond in Argentina that gave me the courage to tell Amanda how important that she is to me, and to ask for her hand in marriage. After some wonderful time together on that shore, we opted to take a small ferry back the trailhead rather than retrace our steps.
We couldn't be any happier that we are together right now, and take a lot of joy in knowing that we have a lifetime of journeys to come.
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