This post may be a bit old news as I know everyone has heard of the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano erupting in Chile. The bigger news is that yesterday we found the first layer of ash (ceniza) coating our cars and park benches. The volcano erupted June 4th, about 50 miles SE of Valdivia. On clear days we could actually see the ash cloud in the distance. My friend snapped this picture from downtown Valdivia:
One month later, we are finally feeling it's effects. What is amazing is that this ash landing in our city isn't just million year old volcano ash, but world-traveler ash.
I would like to make a shout out to my friend Samantha Kracaw and apologize to her for delaying her flight home from New Zealand to the U.S. for three days. Oops.
**The next post will be on my experience in San Martin de Los Andes in Argentina where the ash had already been falling like snow for a month.
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