User blog:007Jamesdean/Volcanic Trip Part 35

Part 35: CHILE

Vanzilla 2.0 is flying over the southern Pacific Ocean towards our next destination.

Jared was doing a favor for Laney.

Laney: Thanks for helping learn how to use a polygraph machine Jared.

Jared: No problem Laney. I've never had a polygraph before myself but I read that they are not as good evidence in Forensic Science in the world of law enforcement.

Laney: That's true. Lisa has been giving me lessons on how to use one.

Jared: That's cool.

Jared was hooked up to the probes of the machine and Laney asked a few questions.

Laney: Question 1: What is your name?

Jared: Jared Alejandro Knudson.

Laney: Nice name. Question 2: Have you ever killed a bad guy before?

Jared: Yes. But only if they deserve it.

Laney: Good call. Question 3: What is your favorite color?

Jared: Red, Orange and Yellow.

Laney: Fire Colors. Question 4: What is your favorite flower?

Jared: Roses, Tiger Lillies and Daffodils.

Laney: Love those flowers. Question 5: What was the hottest hot sauce you've ever had?

Jared: A sauce called Satan's Death Brigade. It's made with Dragon's Breath Peppers and Capsaicin Extract from said pepper.

Laney: That's deadly.

Laney paused the test.

Laney: Do you still have the bottle?

Jared: I sure do.

Jared pulled out a case that had the radioactive sign on it and put on a welding mask and welding gloves and opened it. In it was a glowing neon red bottle with a picture of a nuclear explosion with the Star of Satan in the cloud and the 4 Horsemen of The Apocalypse were riding out of the cloud as red evil eyes watched them ride on the bottle.

Laney: Whoo! So that's the stuff.

Jared: It sure is. I make really good hot sauces like you, dad and Lisa.

Laney: That sure looks good Jared.

Jared: It's my hottest hot sauce ever made.

Laney: I can see that.

Nicole: We're here guys.

Laney: We'll have to finish our Polygraph testing later Jared.

Jared: Yeah.

We arrived in southern South America.

Nicole: Welcome to Chile.

Jared: I love Chile guys. Not only is it loaded with History but it also has some of the best fruit in the world.

Jessie K: You said it bro.

Nicole: It also is known for having some of the most amazing volcanic eruptions.

Jared: That's right.

Chione: I can't wait to see some of the pictures behind them.

Nicole: You're going to when we land.

We landed in Patagonia, Chile by the famous Torres Del Paine.

Lisa: Torres Del Paine! What a sight!

Laney: It's beautiful.

Lori: It literally is. These mountains are breath-taking.

Chione: It's beautiful. I can't believe that Chile has this.

Me: I drew Laney's picture for this.

Laney: I remember. That was the most beautiful landscape ever.

Kate: It took millions of years to form all this. It's so beautiful.

Naruto: It sure is Kate.

Nicole: You haven't seen anything yet.

We are now at another great sight in Chile: Easter Island.

Nicole: This is my favorite island here in Chile. Easter Island.

Leni: Oh! Is it time for Easter already?

We facepalm.

Lincoln: No Leni that's the name of the island.

Linka: That's right.

Jessie K: I love Easter Island. It has history that dates back to 1250 AD.

Lola: What are these amazing statues?

Jessie K: These statues are called the Moai. They were crafted by Polynesian Colonizers to represent their deceased ancestors.

Lola: That's cool. I didn't even know these were here.

Lana: They are amazing.

Lynn: They sure are.

Jessie K: It's cool huh? For centuries most people believed that the Moai came from another planet.

Jessie B: That's right. I remember the Moai. They were amazing.

Nicole: They sure are.

Lily: The Moai are an amazing work of art.

Laney: They sure are.

Lynn: But how could they lift these statues up? They must weigh hundreds of tons.

Lisa: Actually Lynn these statues weighed 20 tons and they had to transport them very slowly across the rough terrain of the island.

Jessie K: That's right Lisa.

Lynn: Oh. That's not an easy lift back then.

Me: No it wasn't.

Varie: But this is all amazing.

Aylene: It sure is.

Vince: It's unbelievable.

In the Chile mainland we were at a volcano called Calbuco.

Nicole: This volcano is Calbuco Volcano.

Me: I remember seeing this volcano erupt. It was back in 2015.

Lori: I remember seeing that on the news. It was a scary sight and was literally one of the most amazing shows.

Nicole: That's right Lori. On April 22nd, 2015 Calbuco Volcano here in Chile erupted after 43 years of dormancy and put on one of the most spectacular shows in all of the world. It's ash plume created a dazzling display of lightning and lava.

Me: I remember seeing that. It was amazing.

Lisa: Affirmative. It was a spectacular display in the world of volcanology.

Nicole: That's right.

Me: The strangest part was when the volcano erupted no evacuation orders were prompted.

Nicole: That's right dad. Even though it ranked level 4 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index it was an eruption that prompted no evacuation orders.

Later we were at another volcano. It was Puyehue Volcano.

Nicole: That's Puyehue Volcano.

Me: I've seen this volcano in pictures on the internet. It put on one of the most spectacular displays of volcanic lightning back on June 5th, 2011.

Nicole: That's right dad.

Jessie K: This spot is also where the epicenter of the 1960 Valdivia Earthquake happened.

Me: I remember reading about that. That was horrible.

Jessie K: It sure was. On May 22nd, 1960 a magnitude 9.6 Earthquake rattled this area and destroyed much of Santiago, Chile. At 3:11 Chile Time the earthquake destroyed much of the city and for 10 whole minutes. 7,000 people killed, $6.62 billion in damages and the tsunami from the epicenter was felt all the way from Hawaii and Japan.

Everyone: Wow!

Lincoln: That was awful.

Linka: It sure was.

Nicole: Yeah. But also it triggered this volcano to erupt on that day 57 years ago.

Lilly: I didn't know that.

Chione: Me neither.

Ben: Same here.

Later we were at one of the most beautiful volcanoes in all of Chile: Mount Villarrica.

Lola: This volcano is beautiful.

Nicole: It sure is Lola. This is Mount Villarrica, one of Chile's most active and most beautiful volcanoes.

Me: It sure is beautiful. It looks just like Mount Fuji over in Japan.

Lola: I like this volcano the best.

Lana: Me too. It's beautiful.

Naruto: It sure is.

Sakura: It does look like Mount Fuji. It's a perfect cone shape volcano.

Fu: It sure is.

Rin: It's a true sight to behold.

Me: It sure is.

Later in Santiago we were having a great lunch and the fruit was really good.

Me: Mm. I love the fruit. It's just as good as I remember it.

Lori: You were right Jared. The fruit here is really good.

Jared: The Chilean fruit is the best kind. The reason is because the volcanic soil is loaded with nutrients that make the fruit juicy and delicious.

Laney: It sure is. I love the berries and apples.

Lola: (Takes a bite out of a pear) I like the pears and cantaloupe.

Lana: I like the Cherries. (Eats a cherry and spits the pit in a bowl) They're so juicy.

Chione: The Grapes and Honeydew melon are good too.

Jared: Yep. Chile is a fruit lovers paradise because of their fruit.

Lincoln: I believe it. It's great fruit.

Lisa: The Oranges are delicious.

Leni: Totes. I love the long ones.

Leni was eating a banana.

Me: That's a banana Leni.

Luna: Dudes it's all good fruit and grub.

Luna was having a watermelon and spitting out the seeds and she and Sam were having a fruit smoothie in a coconut.

Lynn was struggling to get a coconut open.

Lynn: I can't get my coconut open.

Me: Oh here.

I take the coconut.

Me: Let me show you a neat trick. (To the viewers) Don't try this at home kids.

I headbutt the coconut and it cracked open the top and it fell off and it was open.

Lynn: Whoa! Where'd you learn how to do that J.D.?

Me: It's something I learned off of T.V. (In pain) Ow.

Lincoln: That must've hurt. But that was genius.

Lynn It sure was.

Lynn put a straw in the coconut and drank the milk.

Lynn: That was cool. Thanks J.D.

Me: You're welcome.

Varie: That is a nasty bruise on your head.

I had a spot on my head that purple and swollen.

Me: I feel it. Ouch.

But my accelerated healing factor made it go away in 2 minutes.

Later after Lunch we were over in a famous part of northern Chile: The Atacama Desert.

Me: This is the Atacama Desert.

Lori: It's literally so cold here.

Lucy: And there's no water here.

Luan: What a Dry place to go and have desert! (Laughs to Rimshot) Get it?

Most of us laugh while everyone else sighs.

Me: (Laughs) That was funny.

Eddy: (Laughs) Good one.

Varie: That was funny.

Cody: That was a good one Luan.

Zoe: Why is so dry here?

Me: The Atacama Desert had no rainfall hardly at all. It only rains only 3 millimeters a year making it one of the dryest deserts in the world.

Lisa: Correct.

Me: Not only that but everyone calls the Atacama Desert "Earth's Martian Landscape" because it has a very strong similarity to the Martian Landscape on Mars.

Luna: You know it does look similar to Mars.

Sam: That is wicked.

Ember: It sure is.

Me: That's right. It's so Arid here that no plants can thrive here.

Lincoln: That's strange but cool.

Later we set out for our next destination.

Continues in Part 36