{"id":6045,"date":"2014-04-24T02:57:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T08:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/wrdprs\/?p=6045"},"modified":"2017-08-31T21:42:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T03:42:34","slug":"pic-of-the-week-april-25-2014-gauchos-at-the-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/pic-of-the-week-april-25-2014-gauchos-at-the-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPic of the Week\u201d. April 25, 2014: Gauchos at the roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

In scenes reminiscent of the Old West, these gauchos are rounding up the herds of horses at Torres del Paine National park in Chile.<\/p>\n

Trail riding is popular in Chile, and the hotel where we were staying had a large stable of horses for hire.  In the evening the horses were turned into a large pasture to graze and in the morning they were rounded up and brought back to the stable.<\/p>\n

While young, these gauchos were very skilled and the horses respected and listened to their commands.  It was fun to watch them work!<\/p>\n

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