1977 Pearson Barilocho, Rio negro, Argentina April 23 (sat). Came by bus from Puerto Varas, Chile, to Barilocho. 9:15 a.m. to 6 pm including a 1 hr lunch stop and a 1 hr Argentine immigration stop. The Chilean side is green, roses still blooming in Puerto Varas, never snow there, apples all finished and most apple leaves fallen. Harvesting potatoes, sorrel/parsley yellow with the foothills, as one climbs toward the crest there is a abrupt shift from evergreen to deciduous Nothofagus. On many slopes the division is sharp with no mixture; sometimes the valley is deciduous and the slope evergreen (see drawings). The reed along its north shore of Lake Nahuelhuapi becomes dry rapidly to the east, more grass than I had remembered (bunchgrass), and the low frutales are brown, thereby looking more like bunchgrass in the distance. The poofers at Barilocho are bare. Weather at 6 pm was windy, cool, maybe 50-55 F. * These differences visible because the deciduous species have changed color. Possibly the valley species was antarctica, which is deciduous also. April 24 Sunday. Visited with Gallopin and Rafalport. Gallopin's student Adriana is studying the lenga - coñue contact. Rafalport says this is the warmest milded autumn he can remember; also dry. Roses in town are still blooming. Rafalport also says the pass we came over is sometimes closed by snow at this time. Temps mild, even at night. April 25 Shock absorber had been stolen while car was stored in garage! Replaced them. Talked with Ronald Monrose, John's owner at 656, an 18-yr-old salesman from to Tony Fuscombe in Jima, he presented us with a red hat caught in downtown Barilocho, it is going to ask about let