February 20, 2025
PENINSULA VALDES, ARGENTINA
On 2/9/25, SUPERBOWL SUNDAY , I spent the day exploring the Peninsula Valdes, a naturally protected area about an hour north of Puerto Madryn, with the Tremblay brothers, Paul & Ron - 2 of my favorite neighbors. They had rented a car for the day and invited me to join them exploring the area. We left early in the hope of catching lots of wildlife. We first saw pink flamingoes, then wild sheep and seals, penguins, a hairy armadillo, a cormorant crossing the road and finally wild ponies.
The Peninsula is a UNESCO Natural Preserve and host the town of Puerto Piramides, where we had a nice lunch sea side. The rest of the park is vast and wide open, where we barely saw other cars on the stone roads. One hillside boasted a small church and some of the scenic overlooks had colorful fauna.
