So we have access to a computer in our hostel in Mendoza, so I´ll say a few words about what we´ve been up to. We got to Mendoza on Wednesday morning, after having left on Tuesday night at 6 pm, and the bus ride went fairly well except for the blazing heat that kept me awake for half of the night. The hostel we´re staying at is very nice. We have our own private room with key that includes a bathroom with shower, so it´s basically like hotel, but it only costs us $6/night per person, so we make out like bandits. On the first day we didn't have any excursions scheduled, but Joel and Brock signed up to do a zipline excursion for half of the day while Ashley and I walked around the craft fairs and city park. For dinner we found a restaurant that sells tacos, so Joel, Ashley, and I each got two and shared pizza while Brock got a monstrous steak sandwich. The tacos were probably some of the best tacos I´ve ever had in my life, which is funny because Argentina has like no Mexican food to buy anywhere. Anyway, that night we played some team Gin (Brock and I lost- I only ginned one time, but I did cut both Ashley and Joel when they tried knocking on me for two of the games). This morning we headed out for our first excursion in Mendoza- horseback riding and rafting- at 9 am. I´ve got to say this was probably the first excursion that I was bit disappointed during all of our travelling. I got this emaciated horse that looked like it was about to keel over and die, and it didn´t really respond to me trying to make it go faster. Plus, we took the horses through all of this brush in the mountains, so my ankles got all scratched where my pants weren´t covering them. Then, our rafting session was only like 45 minutes long, and the rapids were really weak, so that was kind of boring as well. That, and the water was freezing cold, and none of us except Ashley brought a change of shoes so we all have soaked shoes for the rest of the night. However, we´re planning to go see Pirates of the Caribbean tonight if we can find the theater, AND we found an actual Mexican restaurant 2 blocks from the hostel so we´re having Mexican food again tonight. So things are looking up. Tomorrow we have the wine tour, which I´m not really the most excited about, but I figure that they´ll have stuff other than wine which will make the excursion better. We´ll see. Anyway, I´m going to go play some foosball and get ready for dinner. I hope everybody is doing well.

Aunt Carlene and Uncle Bob, I´m glad Mom sent you the address for my blog. I found your comment about Carlena to be quite hilarious, and I look forward to any future comments you have. Have a great day!