Living the Good Life: Las Cortaderas

Update: So we finally got off our wallets and fixed Jared's phone. Basically as we were driving into a town this morning, my phone (which has also been acting up) stopped charging when it was plugged in. We were down to 13% battery at the gas station when we got wifi, and feverishly trying to find a cell phone repair place and get there before the phone died. Did it, by a hair, and got Jared's phone fixed. And mine is now fine.........😒 But anyways, now we have some pics for this blog to add:
Hey Guys!
So we have a bit of a millennial problem on our hands, Jared's phone broke in Buenos Aires when it dropped for the last time. It had started the trip with a few cracks and eventually those cracks multiplied and then a whole piece fell out (......like a month ago), and then the most recent fall just finished it off 😞
So now we are trying this really fun couple's exercise where we share an iPhone. It's going about how you would expect it to go.
So anyways, the reason I even mention it is because Jared had all the good pictures from the place this blog is about. So, unfortunately I'm just going to have to make do with the ones we had on my phone. Here goes:
After the wonderful time we had at the estancia, Paula suggested we go visit her sister, Tamara, on the way to Buenos Aires. They lived about halfway, so it worked out great for us. They have cows and a bunch of land right on the Atlantic Coast. They call the place Las Cortaderas, named after a really common bush there. The land is really thick bush in places and kind of hilly, so the cows can hide until you're right beside them!

Here's a picture of Tamara with her husband Federico and their kids Hilario, Segundo and Adela. In this pic we had been rounding up cows. We had such a great time hanging out with this family, doing odd jobs on the farm and riding out in the fields.

One of the days we drove out to the coast. This is a little beach cabin that we stayed in one night, which was totally wonderful.

Jared with one of their dogs

Here we are out on the sand dunes, where you can go hunting for arrowheads left behind by the indigenous people. You just have to look in a spot that has recently become uncovered, as the dunes are constantly shifting. They actually have problems with the dunes 'eating' their fences and water troughs here.