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Dear IF readers,
Jax and I have connected with some ePALS in Argentina that would like to communicate with us. We are so happy! It is amazing to put your finger on the map of a specific place so far away and say, “That friend of mine that I talk to lives here!” And that friend’s “here” is so different from your own “here”.
We set immediately to find out everything about where our new friends live. We got details that they are in the Central Patagonia area of Argentina. The pictures look like our Midwest area in the United States. We found a site called Welcome Argentina and the url is www.welcomeargentina.com/sarmiento/index_i.html.
The area spoke of mountains and a low population. But also of a petrified forest! “What is that?”, Jax asked excitedly. The Jose’ Ormaechea Petrified Forest lies in the Central Patagonia area near our new friends. So there are remains and evidence of humans for 11,000 years, animals and even dinosaurs (Paleovertebrates 120,000,000 years)! You know for a 6 year old there is nothing more exciting than DINOSAURS!
Wow! We are on an adventure to make new friends and find out new and interesting things. Thanks ePALs, thanks!
Keeping our IF readers updated on our journey to global friendship through ePALS,
Cat and Jax
photo courtesy of Al Armiger. Visit his website at www.alarmigerphoto.com
