Campo Cielo Grande

Welcome to Camino de HUBER, the lovely road to Lago Rosario where we spent the past two months working at Campo Cielo Grande.

We worked with the owners: Trey and Shelby Scharp and their obedient bird dog, Rio. The 5 of us made the Campo Cielo Grande Team. CCG hosted 6 sets of guests throughout the 2 months who each stayed between 4-7 days. We enjoyed meeting the diverse sets of guests and hearing their wide-ranging stories and experiences.

Trey playing with his new "toy" the disco
(made from tractor discs)
Almost every evening Trey would man the Asado fire for the guests dinner.



As days turned into weeks we began getting into a routine of working. Some of our daily work routines included:

Kristin prepped and cooked all the meals for Trey, Shelby and their guests.

Kristin was known for making awesome Californian salads -
lots of veggies and CA love

Ivan would start the blazing Asado fires
If you can't handle the heat GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN!

Choppin wood

Stack it high!!

Clean enough for the Virgin Mary herself to eat off of.

Inspired and interpretive irrigation

Scouring scat streaks
ewwwwww

Making it right as rain

Putting compost where nature intended it
dirty hippy!!

Proud Laborer

Little Tykes wheelbarrow
Industria Argentina

Queen of delectable desserts
This bread pudding was made in a wood-burning stove with a dutch oven

Though we didn't mind hard work and having long work days, it was nice when we received some down time. During this time we would:

Spend time together by the peaceful lake

Making Gianna proud - working on Yoga skillz!!
Trying to stay fit and healthy

Collecting delicious wild mint for tea
yummm

Playing an honest game of cards... Gin/Rummi!

Building brain cells - Jared Diamond = Hero

Spanish Yoga in the sunshine

During our work experience one of our favorite days was visiting Marcelo's Estancia just down the road. This was our true "Argentine" unforgettable experience. He has tons of sheep and vaca's full of 'personality'

When we arrived we were immediately encouraged to give him a hand and help round up the 20+ vacas for delivery.

Herding the hell-bent herd - they did not want to load up the ramp into the truck!!

Marcello moving the beasts

The vaca's with cernos (horns) seemed to know they could misbehave.
This scared feller is running away (mid-defecation) and inciting all his dense cronies to turn around and follow. Arghh!!

Getting ornery. Carajo!!

Moving Bessies up the ramp...
Ivan is a true gaucho now! not!


Later that day we got to 'help' Marcelo slaughter a defenseless 3 month old baby lamb.
Campo Cielo Grande planned a 'cruz' asado for the Cordero lambie later that evening. Kristin remarked that she had never witnessed and tasted meat within hours of life to death...

Warning! the following pictures are not for the faint of stomach, or for anyone subscribed or of like mind to the organization PETA...
but if you would like to see the "real gruesome" photos send us an email and we'd be happy to share the first hand experience (but you'd have to be a total sicko to want more ;).

Gruesome, but humane.

Starting the intricate process of skinning.

Kristin and Norma (Mama Marcelo) proudly watching Marcelo's expertise

"Taking off the clothes"
Lucky lamb, cause it was a hot day!!

wowzers!!

That's some sexy meat!!

Our work experience at Lago Rosario was a nice break from the rigors of constant travel and time on the road. We were grateful for the chance to have a work routine and some time to see some stunning parts of Patagonia. What an experience!

The camera shy Shelby


This blog was posted with the help of a yummy meal and local wine here in Mendoza Capital. We are excited for this next leg in our trip with a bit of relaxation, good wine/food and spoiling each other. As we get back to the rhythm of the road our blogs should increase in frequency (we hope!)