Ushuaia, Argentina

Saturday, 1/26. 

Ushuaia, Argentina.  It was a beautiful sunny day in the high 60s.  We had an afternoon visit to the National Park Tierra del Fuego.  Tierra del Fuego National Park is a national park on the Argentine part of the island of Tierra del Fuego, within Tierra del Fuego Province in the ecoregion of Patagonic Forest and Altos Andes, a part of the subantarctic forest. Established on October 15, 1960 and expanded in 1966, it was the first shoreline national park to be established in Argentina.  The park has dramatic scenery, with waterfalls, forests, mountains, and glaciers.  The southern terminus of the Pan-American Highway is located within the park (which begins nearly 30,000 miles north in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska).  We took a short hike to appreciate the local flora and fauna.  The scenery was spectacular with the snow-capped mountains in the background.  I guess it can be said we walked to the end of the world!

Pictured below- Tierra del Fuego National Park snow topped mountains and some of the Joyful Friends group members